Oil field · Norway
Goliat
Goliat is an oil field in the Barents Sea, operated by Vår Energi ASA. It was discovered in 2000 and has produced since 2016. In August 2026 it produced about 28,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Goliat has produced about 142 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL since March 2016.
Latest: 28,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 64,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2016.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day |
|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 22,000 |
| 2025 | 22,000 |
| 2024 | 22,000 |
| 2023 | 26,000 |
| 2022 | 32,000 |
| 2021 | 35,000 |
| 2020 | 40,000 |
| 2019 | 41,000 |
| 2018 | 64,000 |
| 2017 | 43,000 |
| 2016 (Mar–Dec) | 61,000 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Vår Energi ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2000 (wellbore 7122/7-1) |
| First production | March 2016 |
| Water depth | 371 m |
| Sea area | Barents Sea |
| Supply base | Hammerfest |
| Licence | Production licence 229 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 202 million barrels (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 64.7 million barrels |
| Produced so far | 68% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 43 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
8 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
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.