Oil field · Norway
Vigdis
Vigdis is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1986 and has produced since 1997. In August 2026 it produced about 19,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL a day.
Production
Vigdis has produced about 457 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 1.9 billion cubic metres of gas since January 1997.
Latest: 19,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 1999, averaging 88,000 barrels a day. Highest month: December 1998.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2006, averaging 0.6 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2011.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 19,000 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16,000 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13,000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18,000 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23,000 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25,000 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12,000 | 0 |
| 2019 | 18,000 | 0.034 |
| 2018 | 27,000 | 0.093 |
| 2017 | 25,000 | 0.085 |
| 2016 | 33,000 | 0.064 |
| 2015 | 35,000 | 0 |
| 2014 | 40,000 | 0.068 |
| 2013 | 34,000 | 0.28 |
| 2012 | 35,000 | 0.48 |
| 2011 | 37,000 | 0.39 |
| 2010 | 35,000 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 48,000 | 0.55 |
| 2008 | 56,000 | 0.59 |
| 2007 | 62,000 | 0.57 |
| 2006 | 70,000 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | 68,000 | 0.51 |
| 2004 | 66,000 | 0.52 |
| 2003 | 59,000 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 53,000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 63,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72,000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 88,000 | 0 |
| 1998 | 81,000 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1986 (wellbore 34/7-8) |
| First production | January 1997 |
| Water depth | 282 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Florø |
| Licence | Production licence 089 |
| Expected total recovery | oil 480 million barrels; gas 1.7 billion cubic metres; NGL 1.4 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 40.4 million barrels |
| Produced so far | 92% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 70 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
12 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Snorre (0 km), Statfjord Øst (0 km), Tordis (0 km), Statfjord (1.4 km), Statfjord Nord (3.8 km), Sygna (4.1 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.