Oil field · Norway
Ringhorne Øst
Ringhorne Øst is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Vår Energi ASA. It was discovered in 2003 and has produced since 2006. In August 2026 it produced about 4,500 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Ringhorne Øst has produced about 85.6 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 267 million cubic metres of gas since March 2006.
Latest: 4,500 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2008, averaging 34,000 barrels a day. Highest month: July 2008.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2009, averaging 0.12 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2008.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 4,300 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1,600 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1,400 | 0 |
| 2023 | 830 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2,000 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,800 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3,200 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4,800 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4,800 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7,600 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8,900 | 0.033 |
| 2015 | 11,000 | 0.041 |
| 2014 | 12,000 | 0.034 |
| 2013 | 15,000 | 0.028 |
| 2012 | 16,000 | 0.064 |
| 2011 | 16,000 | 0.076 |
| 2010 | 19,000 | 0.086 |
| 2009 | 28,000 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 34,000 | 0.097 |
| 2007 | 28,000 | 0.068 |
| 2006 (Mar–Dec) | 19,000 | 0.1 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Vår Energi ASA |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 2003 (wellbore 25/8-14 S) |
| First production | March 2006 |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Licence | Ringhorne Øst Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 96.5 million barrels; gas 250 million cubic metres (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 7.2 million barrels |
| Produced so far | 93% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 1 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
No installations are recorded for the field.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Balder (0 km), Breidablikk (1.8 km), Grane (5.4 km), Jette (8.7 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.