Oil field · Norway
Njord
Njord is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1986 and has produced since 1997. In August 2026 it produced about 26,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 5.8 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Njord has produced about 209 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 13.5 billion cubic metres of gas since October 1997.
Latest: 26,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2000, averaging 67,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2000.
Latest: 5.8 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2008, averaging 5.5 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2011.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 23,000 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 8,000 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 4,800 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 7,300 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 18 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3,200 | 0.55 |
| 2015 | 14,000 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 11,000 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 8,400 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 11,000 | 2.1 |
| 2011 | 20,000 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | 30,000 | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 27,000 | 5 |
| 2008 | 32,000 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 19,000 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 24,000 | 0 |
| 2005 | 32,000 | 0 |
| 2004 | 29,000 | 0 |
| 2003 | 30,000 | 0 |
| 2002 | 32,000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 51,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67,000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61,000 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29,000 | 0 |
| 1997 (Oct–Dec) | 25,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1986 (wellbore 6407/7-1 S) |
| First production | September 1997 |
| Water depth | 330 m |
| Sea area | Norwegian Sea |
| Supply base | Kristiansund |
| Licence | Njord Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 195 million barrels; gas 24.6 billion cubic metres; NGL 5.6 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 22.9 million barrels; gas 11.8 billion cubic metres; NGL 2.9 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 69% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 53 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
18 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
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.