Oil production on the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk field in the Norwegian North Sea has reached three billion barrels after 50 years of operation.
Oil production on the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk field in the Norwegian North Sea has reached three billion barrels after 50 years of operation. Since production started in 1971, the Greater Ekofisk Area (GEA) has produced a total of six billion barrels of oil equivalent, said ConocoPhillips in a statement.
The GEA is located in the southern part of the North Sea, 186 miles southwest of Stavanger. In addition to the Ekofisk field the area consists of the producing fields Eldfisk and Embla, both of which are part of production licence (PL) 018.
The Ekofisk field was Norway’s first producing field and is one of the largest on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
