Oil field · Norway
Nova
Nova is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy Norge AS. It was discovered in 2012 and has produced since 2022. In August 2026 it produced about 22,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 0.95 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Nova has produced about 31.6 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 733 million cubic metres of gas since September 2022.
Latest: 22,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 23,000 barrels a day. Highest month: January 2026.
Latest: 0.95 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2025, averaging 1 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) | 25,000 | 0.92 |
| 2025 | 23,000 | 1 |
| 2024 | 23,000 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 21,000 | 0 |
| 2022 (Sep–Dec) | 5,500 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Harbour Energy Norge AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2012 (wellbore 35/9-7) |
| First production | July 2022 |
| Water depth | 368 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Florø |
| Licence | Production licence 418 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 41.5 million barrels; gas 2 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.7 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 18.4 million barrels; gas 1.3 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.5 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 49% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 21 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
2 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Byrding (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.