Gas condensate field · Norway

Ærfugl Nord

Name: Ærfugl Nord gas condensate field monthly production
Creator: Norwegian Offshore Directorate
License: https://data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0/

Ærfugl Nord is a gas condensate field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Aker BP ASA. It was discovered in 2012 and has produced since 2021. In August 2026 it produced about 490 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 0.42 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Ærfugl Nord has produced about 2.3 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 1.9 billion cubic metres of gas since November 2021.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.42 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2023, averaging 1.9 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2023.

Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 490 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2022, averaging 2,300 barrels a day. Highest month: January 2023.

Average production by year

Year	Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Aug)	520	0.42
2025	290	0.11
2024	1,100	1
2023	2,300	1.9
2022	2,300	1.8
2021 (Nov–Dec)	-37	0.4

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Gas condensate field
Operator	Aker BP ASA
Partners	Aker BP ASA 30% Equinor Energy AS 30% Harbour Energy Norge AS 28.08% ORLEN Upstream Norway AS 11.92%
Discovered	2012 (wellbore 6507/3-9 S)
First production	November 2021
Water depth	368 m
Sea area	Norwegian Sea
Supply base	Sandnessjøen
Licence	Production licence 212 E
Expected total recovery	oil 1.3 million barrels; gas 2.2 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025)
Produced so far	100% of the expected total
Wellbores inside the outline	3
Official record	Sodir FactPage

Platforms and installations

One more installation is on the seabed, such as well templates.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Alve (0.7 km), Skarv (1.2 km), Marulk (1.9 km), Alve Nord (4.8 km), Idun Nord (7.1 km).

Sources

Contains data under the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir): field, production, reserves, licensee and facility data from the FactPages, with production monthly to August 2026.

Offshore Data Atlas converts the reported volumes to barrels and cubic metres a day (one cubic metre is 6.29 barrels). Norwegian figures are saleable production.