Oil and gas field · Norway
Hanz
Hanz is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Aker BP ASA. It was discovered in 1997 and has produced since 2024. In August 2026 it produced about 2,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 0.066 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Hanz has produced about 3.6 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 327 million cubic metres of gas since April 2024.
Latest: 2,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 3,500 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2024.
Latest: 0.066 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 0.59 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2025.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2,000 | 0.077 |
| 2025 | 3,500 | 0.59 |
| 2024 (Apr–Dec) | 6,700 | 0.34 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil and gas field |
| Operator | Aker BP ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1997 (wellbore 25/10-8) |
| First production | April 2024 |
| Water depth | 106 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Tananger |
| Licence | Production licence 028 B |
| Expected total recovery | oil 2.5 million barrels; gas 330 million cubic metres; NGL 0.1 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 189,000 barrels; gas 20 million cubic metres |
| Produced so far | 94% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 10 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
2 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Symra (3.8 km), Ivar Aasen (5.8 km), Svalin (9.3 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.