Oil field · UK

Utgard

Utgard is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Equinor ASA. It was discovered in 1983 and has produced since 2019. In July 2026 it produced about 380 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.067 million cubic metres of gas a day.

Production

Utgard has produced about 5.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 810 million cubic metres of gas since September 2019.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Utgard: oil and condensate production by month, September 2019 to July 202605k10k15k2020202220242026

Latest: 380 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2020, averaging 4,800 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2019.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Utgard: gas production by month, September 2019 to July 202600.511.52020202220242026

Latest: 0.067 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2020, averaging 0.67 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2020.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)9300.15
20258400.13
20241,1000.16
20237300.2
20221,2000.22
20212,4000.42
20204,8000.67
2019 (Sep–Dec)8,7000.97

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeOil field
OperatorEquinor ASA
Licensee
  • Equinor UK Limited 100%
Original operatorJX Nippon
DiscoveredSeptember 1983 (well 16/18-1)
First productionDecember 2019
Water depth115 m
RegionNorthern North Sea
Wells inside the outline1

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:

P312Equinor ASA

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.