Oil and gas field · Norway
Gullfaks Sør
Gullfaks Sør is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1978 and has produced since 1998. In August 2026 it produced about 24,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 13 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Gullfaks Sør has produced about 538 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 98.5 billion cubic metres of gas since October 1998.
Latest: 24,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2004, averaging 84,000 barrels a day. Highest month: December 2004.
Latest: 13 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 17 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 2021.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 32,000 | 14 |
| 2025 | 37,000 | 16 |
| 2024 | 35,000 | 13 |
| 2023 | 38,000 | 14 |
| 2022 | 37,000 | 15 |
| 2021 | 43,000 | 16 |
| 2020 | 42,000 | 13 |
| 2019 | 44,000 | 13 |
| 2018 | 47,000 | 17 |
| 2017 | 53,000 | 16 |
| 2016 | 51,000 | 12 |
| 2015 | 48,000 | 8.7 |
| 2014 | 56,000 | 9.3 |
| 2013 | 54,000 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 44,000 | 6.7 |
| 2011 | 32,000 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | 49,000 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 66,000 | 7.2 |
| 2008 | 69,000 | 10 |
| 2007 | 74,000 | 11 |
| 2006 | 67,000 | 10 |
| 2005 | 81,000 | 10 |
| 2004 | 84,000 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 68,000 | 7 |
| 2002 | 72,000 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 69,000 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 53,000 | 1.4 |
| 1999 | 38,000 | 0 |
| 1998 (Oct–Dec) | 4,700 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil and gas field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1978 (wellbore 34/10-2) |
| First production | October 1998 |
| Water depth | 135 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Production licence 050 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 424 million barrels; gas 112 billion cubic metres; NGL 14 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 34.6 million barrels; gas 16.5 billion cubic metres; NGL 2.3 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 87% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 113 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
16 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Gullfaks (0.4 km), Valemon (0.8 km), Tordis (8.2 km), Statfjord (8.5 km), Kvitebjørn (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.