Oil field · Norway
Balder
Balder is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Vår Energi ASA. It was discovered in 1967 and has produced since 1999. In August 2026 it produced about 80,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Balder has produced about 518 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 2 billion cubic metres of gas since May 1991.
Latest: 80,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2005, averaging 120,000 barrels a day. Highest month: January 2006.
Latest: 0.59 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2005, averaging 0.7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 2004.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 72,000 | 0.54 |
| 2025 | 51,000 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 26,000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21,000 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17,000 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20,000 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18,000 | 0.011 |
| 2019 | 24,000 | 0.087 |
| 2018 | 28,000 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 37,000 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 46,000 | 0.25 |
| 2015 | 44,000 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 43,000 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 33,000 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 32,000 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 39,000 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 47,000 | 0.25 |
| 2009 | 57,000 | 0.3 |
| 2008 | 76,000 | 0.38 |
| 2007 | 97,000 | 0.52 |
| 2006 | 109,000 | 0.59 |
| 2005 | 120,000 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 104,000 | 0.53 |
| 2003 | 68,000 | 0.087 |
| 2002 | 59,000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 67,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 69,000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15,000 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 (May–Dec) | 3,300 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Vår Energi ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1967 (wellbore 25/11-1) |
| First production | October 1999 |
| Water depth | 127 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Dusavik |
| Licence | Production licence 001 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 707 million barrels; gas 3.6 billion cubic metres (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 205 million barrels; gas 1.6 billion cubic metres |
| Produced so far | 71% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 138 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
38 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Grane (0 km), Ringhorne Øst (0 km), Svalin (0 km), Breidablikk (0 km), Jette (5.7 km), Jotun (9.6 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.