Gas condensate field · Norway
Kvitebjørn
Kvitebjørn is a gas condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1994 and has produced since 2004. In August 2026 it produced about 6,400 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 5.2 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Kvitebjørn has produced about 274 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 102 billion cubic metres of gas since October 2004.
Latest: 5.2 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2012, averaging 19 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2012.
Latest: 6,400 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2006, averaging 63,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2009.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 6,900 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 8,000 | 6.3 |
| 2024 | 11,000 | 7.4 |
| 2023 | 12,000 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 11,000 | 7.8 |
| 2021 | 16,000 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 19,000 | 11 |
| 2019 | 21,000 | 12 |
| 2018 | 28,000 | 14 |
| 2017 | 33,000 | 17 |
| 2016 | 43,000 | 19 |
| 2015 | 45,000 | 19 |
| 2014 | 51,000 | 19 |
| 2013 | 53,000 | 19 |
| 2012 | 59,000 | 19 |
| 2011 | 60,000 | 18 |
| 2010 | 60,000 | 17 |
| 2009 | 54,000 | 14 |
| 2008 | 33,000 | 8.2 |
| 2007 | 12,000 | 3 |
| 2006 | 63,000 | 15 |
| 2005 | 48,000 | 12 |
| 2004 (Oct–Dec) | 22,000 | 6.1 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Gas condensate field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1994 (wellbore 34/11-1) |
| First production | September 2004 |
| Water depth | 190 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Production licence 193 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 202 million barrels; gas 104 billion cubic metres; NGL 10 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 7.9 million barrels; gas 9.2 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.5 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 93% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 30 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Valemon (0 km), Gullfaks Sør (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.