Oil field · Norway
Draugen
Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by OKEA ASA. It was discovered in 1984 and has produced since 1993. In August 2026 it produced about 11,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 0.67 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Draugen has produced about 960 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 2.5 billion cubic metres of gas since October 1993.
Latest: 11,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 217,000 barrels a day. Highest month: December 2001.
Latest: 0.67 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 0.86 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 2002.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 13,000 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 14,000 | 0.86 |
| 2024 | 16,000 | 0.61 |
| 2023 | 14,000 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 15,000 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16,000 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17,000 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 20,000 | 0.013 |
| 2018 | 21,000 | 0.021 |
| 2017 | 24,000 | 0.033 |
| 2016 | 23,000 | 0.038 |
| 2015 | 31,000 | 0.062 |
| 2014 | 33,000 | 0.082 |
| 2013 | 27,000 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 37,000 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 40,000 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 44,000 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 63,000 | 0.21 |
| 2008 | 74,000 | 0.25 |
| 2007 | 76,000 | 0.27 |
| 2006 | 84,000 | 0.33 |
| 2005 | 111,000 | 0.44 |
| 2004 | 144,000 | 0.54 |
| 2003 | 137,000 | 0.46 |
| 2002 | 202,000 | 0.66 |
| 2001 | 217,000 | 0.75 |
| 2000 | 202,000 | 0.056 |
| 1999 | 209,000 | 0 |
| 1998 | 193,000 | 0 |
| 1997 | 180,000 | 0 |
| 1996 | 145,000 | 0 |
| 1995 | 120,000 | 0 |
| 1994 | 67,000 | 0 |
| 1993 (Oct–Dec) | 8,400 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | OKEA ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1984 (wellbore 6407/9-1) |
| First production | October 1993 |
| Water depth | 265 m |
| Sea area | Norwegian Sea |
| Supply base | Kristiansund |
| Licence | Production licence 093 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 972 million barrels; gas 3.2 billion cubic metres; NGL 3 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 48.4 million barrels; gas 900 million cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 94% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 53 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
One installation is removed or no longer in use: Draugen FLP.
23 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
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.