Oil and gas field · Norway
Visund
Visund is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. It was discovered in 1986 and has produced since 1999. In August 2026 it produced about 12,000 barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 12 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Visund has produced about 286 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 58 billion cubic metres of gas since May 1999.
Latest: 12,000 barrels a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2016, averaging 49,000 barrels a day. Highest month: July 2001.
Latest: 12 million cubic metres a day in August 2026. Highest year: 2022, averaging 16 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2023.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 11,000 | 13 |
| 2025 | 13,000 | 14 |
| 2024 | 14,000 | 11 |
| 2023 | 19,000 | 15 |
| 2022 | 22,000 | 16 |
| 2021 | 28,000 | 15 |
| 2020 | 27,000 | 12 |
| 2019 | 35,000 | 13 |
| 2018 | 41,000 | 12 |
| 2017 | 41,000 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 49,000 | 6.5 |
| 2015 | 40,000 | 3.6 |
| 2014 | 31,000 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 19,000 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 13,000 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 12,000 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 26,000 | 3.1 |
| 2009 | 29,000 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 31,000 | 2.2 |
| 2007 | 41,000 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 23,000 | 2.8 |
| 2005 | 20,000 | 0.95 |
| 2004 | 32,000 | 0 |
| 2003 | 35,000 | 0 |
| 2002 | 42,000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 44,000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39,000 | 0 |
| 1999 (May–Dec) | 16,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil and gas field |
| Operator | Equinor Energy AS |
| Partners |
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| Discovered | 1986 (wellbore 34/8-1) |
| First production | April 1999 |
| Water depth | 335 m |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Florø |
| Licence | Visund Inside (a unitised field spanning several licences) |
| Expected total recovery | oil 261 million barrels; gas 73.7 billion cubic metres; NGL 7.9 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Remaining reserves | oil 12.4 million barrels; gas 19.9 billion cubic metres; NGL 1.8 million tonnes |
| Produced so far | 81% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 95 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
30 more installations are on the seabed, such as well templates.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Visund Sør (0 km), Gimle (3.6 km), Gullfaks (8.1 km), Tordis (9 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.