Oil field · Norway
Oseberg Øst
Oseberg Øst is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1981 and has produced since 1999. In August 2026 it produced about 3,500 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Oseberg Øst has produced about 152 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 400 million cubic metres of gas since May 1999.
Latest: 3,500 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 66,000 barrels a day. Highest month: August 2001.
Latest: 0.01 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2003, averaging 0.22 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 2002.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3,100 | 0.01 |
| 2025 | 4,300 | 0.014 |
| 2024 | 4,900 | 0.015 |
| 2023 | 5,800 | 0.018 |
| 2022 | 4,200 | 0.013 |
| 2021 | 5,500 | 0.017 |
| 2020 | 7,300 | 0.022 |
| 2019 | 7,800 | 0.023 |
| 2018 | 9,200 | 0.027 |
| 2017 | 14,000 | 0.041 |
| 2016 | 7,900 | 0.023 |
| 2015 | 6,700 | 0.019 |
| 2014 | 6,500 | 0.018 |
| 2013 | 6,600 | 0.019 |
| 2012 | 7,800 | 0.024 |
| 2011 | 8,900 | 0.027 |
| 2010 | 6,000 | 0.018 |
| 2009 | 6,000 | 0.017 |
| 2008 | 7,500 | 0.022 |
| 2007 | 9,300 | 0.054 |
| 2006 | 11,000 | 0.065 |
| 2005 | 18,000 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 31,000 | 0.18 |
| 2003 | 38,000 | 0.22 |
| 2002 | 54,000 | 0.084 |
| 2001 | 66,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44,000 | 0 |
| 1999 (May–Dec) | 23,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1981 (wellbore 30/6-5) |
| First production | May 1999 |
| Water depth | 157 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Licence | Oseberg Area Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 153 million barrels; gas 330 million cubic metres; NGL 0.1 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 1.3 million barrels |
| Produced so far | 99% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 58 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Veslefrikk (1.3 km), Brage (3.4 km), Oseberg (8.4 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.