Oil field · Norway
Veslefrikk
Veslefrikk is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1981 and produced from 1989 to 2025. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 370 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 4.2 billion cubic metres of gas.
Production
Veslefrikk produced about 370 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 4.2 billion cubic metres of gas between January 1990 and April 2025.
Latest: 470 barrels a day in April 2025. Highest year: 1995, averaging 81,000 barrels a day. Highest month: April 1995.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in April 2025. Highest year: 1996, averaging 1.2 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 1996.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (Jan–Apr) | 280 | 0 |
| 2024 | -9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 86 | 0.016 |
| 2021 | 2,900 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 5,200 | 0.33 |
| 2019 | 5,500 | 0.39 |
| 2018 | 6,800 | 0.57 |
| 2017 | 7,400 | 0.58 |
| 2016 | 9,700 | 0.87 |
| 2015 | 11,000 | 0.94 |
| 2014 | 11,000 | 0.71 |
| 2013 | 11,000 | 0.45 |
| 2012 | 14,000 | 0.35 |
| 2011 | 12,000 | 0.051 |
| 2010 | 13,000 | 0 |
| 2009 | 12,000 | 0.006 |
| 2008 | 12,000 | 0.008 |
| 2007 | 16,000 | 0.008 |
| 2006 | 20,000 | 0.092 |
| 2005 | 27,000 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 28,000 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 29,000 | 0.085 |
| 2002 | 29,000 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 35,000 | 0.18 |
| 2000 | 44,000 | 0.54 |
| 1999 | 34,000 | 0.31 |
| 1998 | 59,000 | 0.76 |
| 1997 | 61,000 | 0.38 |
| 1996 | 74,000 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 81,000 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 81,000 | 0.69 |
| 1993 | 72,000 | 0.32 |
| 1992 | 72,000 | 0 |
| 1991 | 64,000 | 0 |
| 1990 | 52,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Shut down |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Discovered | 1981 (wellbore 30/3-2 R) |
| First production | December 1989 |
| Water depth | 175 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Mongstad |
| Expected total recovery | oil 348 million barrels; gas 4.2 billion cubic metres; NGL 1.8 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Produced so far | 100% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 82 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
2 installations are removed or no longer in use: Veslefrikk A, Veslefrikk B.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Oseberg Øst (1.3 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.