Oil field · Norway

Hod

Hod is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Aker BP ASA. It was discovered in 1974 and has produced since 1990. In August 2026 it produced about 8,300 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 0.14 million cubic metres of gas a day.

Production

Hod has produced about 80.5 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 1.9 billion cubic metres of gas since October 1990.

Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day, by month
Hod: oil, condensate and ngl production by month, October 1990 to August 2026010k20k30k40k200020102020

Latest: 8,300 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 1991, averaging 28,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 1991.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Hod: gas production by month, October 1990 to August 202600.20.40.60.8200020102020

Latest: 0.14 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 1992, averaging 0.68 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: October 1992.

Average production by year

YearOil, condensate and NGL, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Aug)8,3000.13
20257,8000.13
20248,4000.14
202311,0000.2
20226,5000.096
20215300.008
20207500.013
20197100.011
20189500.015
20171,3000.019
20161,4000.021
20151,2000.015
20141,2000.018
20136300.011
20127900.01
20111,3000.021
20103,1000.047
20093,5000.075
20083,9000.091
20075,4000.13
20066,7000.13
20054,2000.097
20045,1000.14
20035,9000.11
20026,7000.14
20016,8000.12
20001,7000.03
19992,3000.046
19985,3000.15
19978,5000.26
199610,0000.33
19959,6000.32
199411,0000.38
199316,0000.56
199223,0000.68
199128,0000.55
1990 (Oct–Dec)11,0000.23

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeOil field
OperatorAker BP ASA
Partners
  • Aker BP ASA 90%
  • INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS 10%
Discovered1974 (wellbore 2/11-2)
First productionSeptember 1990
Water depth72 m
Sea areaNorth Sea
Supply baseTananger
LicenceProduction licence 033
Expected total recoveryoil 98.6 million barrels; gas 2.4 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.7 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025)
Remaining reservesoil 25.2 million barrels; gas 530 million cubic metres; NGL 0.1 million tonnes
Produced so far76% of the expected total
Wellbores inside the outline15
Official recordSodir FactPage

Platforms and installations

Hod BJacket 4 legs · In service · since 2022 · 72 m water depth

One installation is removed or no longer in use: Hod.

Nearby

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.