Oil field · Norway
Gimle
Gimle is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 2004 and has produced since 2006. In August 2026 it produced about 350 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Gimle has produced about 22 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 935 million cubic metres of gas since February 2005.
Latest: 350 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2008, averaging 11,000 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2005.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2012, averaging 0.91 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 2012.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 14 | 0.042 |
| 2025 | 340 | 0 |
| 2024 | 310 | 0 |
| 2023 | 550 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,100 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,300 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | under 0.001 |
| 2019 | 280 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 1 | under 0.001 |
| 2017 | 230 | 0.021 |
| 2016 | 1,100 | 0.098 |
| 2015 | 2,200 | 0.29 |
| 2014 | 1,100 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3,900 | 0.89 |
| 2012 | 4,800 | 0.91 |
| 2011 | 3,400 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3,900 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5,700 | 0 |
| 2008 | 11,000 | 0 |
| 2007 | 9,500 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4,500 | 0.032 |
| 2005 (Feb–Dec) | 6,100 | 0.18 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2004 (wellbore 34/10-48 S) |
| First production | May 2006 |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Brime Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 20.4 million barrels; gas 1.3 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 1.6 million barrels; gas 240 million cubic metres; NGL 0 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 89% of the expected total |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
No installations are recorded for the field.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Gullfaks (0.1 km), Visund Sør (0.8 km), Visund (3.6 km), Tordis (6.9 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.