Oil and gas field · Norway
Byrding
Byrding is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 2005 and has produced since 2017. In August 2026 it produced about 1,400 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Byrding has produced about 5.4 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL since July 2017.
Latest: 1,400 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 3,600 barrels a day. Highest month: August 2017.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day |
|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 210 |
| 2025 | 170 |
| 2024 | 170 |
| 2023 | 200 |
| 2022 | 920 |
| 2021 | 1,900 |
| 2020 | 2,300 |
| 2019 | 3,100 |
| 2018 | 3,600 |
| 2017 (Jul–Dec) | 4,500 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil and gas field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2005 (wellbore 35/11-13) |
| First production | July 2017 |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Production licence 090 B |
| Expected total recovery | oil 5.9 million barrels; gas 540 million cubic metres; NGL 0 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 314,000 barrels; gas 60 million cubic metres |
| Produced so far | 93% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 2 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
No installations are recorded for the field.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Vega (0.7 km), Fram H-Nord (1.4 km), Fram (2.1 km), Nova (9 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.