Gas field · Norway
Snøhvit
Snøhvit is a gas field in the Barents Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1984 and has produced since 2007. In August 2026 it produced about 19,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 18 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Snøhvit has produced about 125 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 87.6 billion cubic metres of gas since August 2007.
Latest: 18 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 18 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2023.
Latest: 19,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 25,000 barrels a day. Highest month: March 2011.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 17,000 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12,000 | 11 |
| 2024 | 20,000 | 18 |
| 2023 | 18,000 | 16 |
| 2022 | 12,000 | 10 |
| 2021 | -66 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14,000 | 10 |
| 2019 | 23,000 | 17 |
| 2018 | 25,000 | 18 |
| 2017 | 22,000 | 15 |
| 2016 | 24,000 | 17 |
| 2015 | 25,000 | 16 |
| 2014 | 22,000 | 14 |
| 2013 | 19,000 | 12 |
| 2012 | 21,000 | 13 |
| 2011 | 19,000 | 12 |
| 2010 | 23,000 | 14 |
| 2009 | 16,000 | 9.1 |
| 2008 | 13,000 | 6.4 |
| 2007 (Aug–Dec) | 5,100 | 0.95 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Gas field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1984 (wellbore 7121/4-1) |
| First production | August 2007 |
| Water depth | 325 m |
| Sea area | Barents Sea |
| Supply base | Hammerfest |
| Licence | Snøhvit Unit (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | condensate 161 million barrels; gas 227 billion cubic metres; NGL 9 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | condensate 84.9 million barrels; gas 142 billion cubic metres; NGL 5 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 39% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 33 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
10 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.