Gas condensate field · Norway
Sleipner Vest
Sleipner Vest is a gas condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1974 and has produced since 1996. In August 2026 it produced about 7,200 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 3.2 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Sleipner Vest has produced about 349 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 35.2 billion cubic metres of gas since September 1996.
Latest: 3.2 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2015, averaging 11 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 1999.
Latest: 7,200 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 61,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2001.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 6,400 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 1,600 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 5,200 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 6,700 | 5.2 |
| 2022 | 4,600 | 3.6 |
| 2021 | 9,000 | 5 |
| 2020 | 13,000 | 6.3 |
| 2019 | 16,000 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 19,000 | 8.7 |
| 2017 | 19,000 | 9.4 |
| 2016 | 20,000 | 9.9 |
| 2015 | 23,000 | 11 |
| 2014 | 25,000 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 31,000 | 0 |
| 2012 | 38,000 | 0 |
| 2011 | 42,000 | 0 |
| 2010 | 31,000 | 0 |
| 2009 | 36,000 | 0 |
| 2008 | 34,000 | 0 |
| 2007 | 43,000 | 0 |
| 2006 | 43,000 | 0 |
| 2005 | 46,000 | 0 |
| 2004 | 41,000 | 0 |
| 2003 | 49,000 | 0 |
| 2002 | 57,000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 61,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 57,000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60,000 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 54,000 | 4 |
| 1997 | 52,000 | 1.2 |
| 1996 (Sep–Dec) | 36,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Gas condensate field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1974 (wellbore 15/6-3) |
| First production | August 1996 |
| Water depth | 108 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Dusavik |
| Licence | Sleipner Vest Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 47.1 million barrels; condensate 187 million barrels; gas 157 billion cubic metres; NGL 11 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 9.9 million barrels; gas 7.1 billion cubic metres; NGL 0.2 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 96% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 60 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
One more installation is on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Gina Krog (1.3 km), Sleipner Øst (3.4 km), Utgard (4.2 km), Volve (4.8 km), Gungne (5.5 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.