Oil field · UK

Statfjord

Statfjord is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Equinor ASA. It was discovered in 1975 and has produced since 1979. In July 2026 it produced about 2,100 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.33 million cubic metres of gas a day.

Production

Statfjord has produced about 565 million barrels of oil and condensate and 30.3 billion cubic metres of gas since November 1979.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Statfjord: oil and condensate production by month, November 1979 to July 2026050k100k150k19801990200020102020

Latest: 2,100 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 1987, averaging 115,000 barrels a day. Highest month: November 1986.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Statfjord: gas production by month, November 1979 to July 2026024619801990200020102020

Latest: 0.33 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 1997, averaging 4.3 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 1997.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)1,3000.29
20251,8000.36
20242,1000.41
20232,1000.4
20221,7000.49
20212,5000.69
20202,4000.74
20192,4000.82
20183,0001.1
20173,4001.3
20164,2001.5
20154,0001.3
20144,1001
20133,9000.7
20124,5000.75
20115,4000.73
20105,4001.1
20096,2001.3
20089,3001.7
200711,0001.6
200612,0001.7
200516,0002.3
200419,0002.2
200313,0001.4
200215,0001.6
200117,0001.6
200025,0002.2
199937,0003
199849,0003.2
199774,0004.3
199670,0003.6
199571,0003
199489,0003.4
199381,0002.8
199269,0002.4
199177,0002.6
199063,0002.3
198960,0002.2
1988112,0003.8
1987115,0003.8
1986112,0003.5
198594,0002.9
198473,0002.1
198331,0000.86
198237,0001
198126,0000.71
198011,0000.31
1979 (Nov–Dec)5,1000.14

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeOil field
OperatorEquinor ASA
Licensee
  • Equinor UK Limited 100%
Original operatorConoco
DiscoveredFebruary 1975 (well 211/24-4)
First productionNovember 1979
Water depth145 m
RegionNorthern North Sea
Wells inside the outline3

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P104BP Exploration, CNR International, Equinor ASA, Harbour Energy PLC, Mitsubishi Corporation

Nearby

Sources

Production: NSTA, UKCS field production reports (PPRS), monthly to July 2026. Field details, platforms, licences and wells: NSTA open data, as on the atlas map. Contains information provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and/or other third parties. Used under the NSTA Open User Licence.

Offshore Data Atlas converts the reported volumes to barrels and cubic metres a day (one cubic metre is 6.29 barrels). UK gas figures are all the gas produced, including gas used offshore as fuel, flared or put back into the reservoir.