Oil and gas field · Norway
Bestla
Bestla is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by OKEA ASA. It was discovered in 2016. It has been approved for production.
Production
Norwegian Offshore Directorate has no production reported for Bestla up to August 2026.
Field details
| Status | Approved for production |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil and gas field |
| Operator | OKEA ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2016 (wellbore 31/7-1) |
| Water depth | 120 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Production licence 740 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 16.5 million barrels; gas 850 million cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 16.5 million barrels; gas 850 million cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 0% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 9 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
2 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Brage (0.3 km), Oseberg Sør (1.8 km), Oseberg (6.2 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.