Oil field · Norway
Gullfaks
Gullfaks is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1978 and has produced since 1986. In August 2026 it produced about 22,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Gullfaks has produced about 2.43 billion barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 23.1 billion cubic metres of gas since December 1986.
Latest: 22,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 1994, averaging 538,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 1994.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 1993, averaging 5.7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 1994.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 23,000 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23,000 | 0 |
| 2024 | 22,000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23,000 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28,000 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30,000 | 0 |
| 2020 | 41,000 | 0 |
| 2019 | 47,000 | 0 |
| 2018 | 46,000 | 0 |
| 2017 | 35,000 | 0 |
| 2016 | 39,000 | 0 |
| 2015 | 36,000 | 0 |
| 2014 | 37,000 | 0 |
| 2013 | 44,000 | 0 |
| 2012 | 44,000 | 0 |
| 2011 | 46,000 | 0 |
| 2010 | 69,000 | 0.25 |
| 2009 | 82,000 | 0.62 |
| 2008 | 97,000 | 0.91 |
| 2007 | 100,000 | 0.65 |
| 2006 | 114,000 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 148,000 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 171,000 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 168,000 | 1.7 |
| 2002 | 162,000 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 185,000 | 2.3 |
| 2000 | 231,000 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 301,000 | 2.7 |
| 1998 | 346,000 | 4 |
| 1997 | 419,000 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 441,000 | 4.8 |
| 1995 | 491,000 | 5.1 |
| 1994 | 538,000 | 5.5 |
| 1993 | 503,000 | 5.7 |
| 1992 | 436,000 | 4.9 |
| 1991 | 347,000 | 3.6 |
| 1990 | 258,000 | 2.8 |
| 1989 | 270,000 | 2.9 |
| 1988 | 150,000 | 1.6 |
| 1987 | 70,000 | 0.33 |
| 1986 (Dec) | 9,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1978 (wellbore 34/10-1) |
| First production | December 1986 |
| Water depth | 138 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Production licence 050 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 2.46 billion barrels; gas 23.1 billion cubic metres; NGL 2.8 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 67 million barrels |
| Produced so far | 97% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 384 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
2 installations are removed or no longer in use: Gullfaks A-SPM 1, Gullfaks A-SPM 2.
10 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Gimle (0.1 km), Gullfaks Sør (0.4 km), Tordis (2.5 km), Visund Sør (4 km), Visund (8.1 km), Valemon (9.2 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.