Oil field · Norway
Johan Sverdrup
Johan Sverdrup is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 2010 and has produced since 2019. In August 2026 it produced about 606,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Johan Sverdrup has produced about 1.51 billion barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 7.9 billion cubic metres of gas since October 2019.
Latest: 606,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2024, averaging 729,000 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2023.
Latest: 2 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 3.8 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: June 2023.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 651,000 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 704,000 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 729,000 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 726,000 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 514,000 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 526,000 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 434,000 | 2.3 |
| 2019 (Oct–Dec) | 264,000 | 1.5 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2010 (wellbore 16/2-6) |
| First production | October 2019 |
| Water depth | 116 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Dusavik |
| Licence | Johan Sverdrup Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 2.53 billion barrels; gas 11.9 billion cubic metres; NGL 4 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 1.21 billion barrels; gas 4.9 billion cubic metres; NGL 1.5 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 52% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 136 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
13 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Edvard Grieg (6.7 km), Symra (7.4 km), Ivar Aasen (7.9 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.