{"id":"2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","language":"en","title":"Norway’s Ula oil field reaches 40 years of production history","summary":"Aker BP says production began on 6 October 1986 and it plans to end production in 2028.","body":["Aker BP says production at the Ula field in Norway’s North Sea began on 6 October 1986 and the field remains in operation four decades later. The company says the field was originally expected to produce for about 10–11 years.","According to Aker BP, techniques including water and gas injection have helped improve recovery and extend the field’s life. The company says its current resource estimate is three times the original estimate; it did not give an absolute resource volume in the update.","The company says it plans to cease production in 2028. Aker BP and the Norwegian Petroleum Museum are documenting the history of the field and the people who worked there through a project called Industrial Heritage Ula.","These are operator-reported field history and a forward-looking closure plan. A higher resource estimate alone does not state production volume or remaining economically recoverable quantities, and the 2028 date is a plan rather than a completed closure."],"keyPoints":["Production at Ula began on 6 October 1986; the field remains active 40 years later.","Aker BP says the current resource estimate is three times the original estimate.","The company plans to end production in 2028."],"sections":[],"text":"Norway’s Ula oil field reaches 40 years of production history\n\nAker BP says production began on 6 October 1986 and it plans to end production in 2028.\n\nProduction at Ula began on 6 October 1986; the field remains active 40 years later.\n\nAker BP says the current resource estimate is three times the original estimate.\n\nThe company plans to end production in 2028.\n\nAker BP says production at the Ula field in Norway’s North Sea began on 6 October 1986 and the field remains in operation four decades later. The company says the field was originally expected to produce for about 10–11 years.\n\nAccording to Aker BP, techniques including water and gas injection have helped improve recovery and extend the field’s life. The company says its current resource estimate is three times the original estimate; it did not give an absolute resource volume in the update.\n\nThe company says it plans to cease production in 2028. Aker BP and the Norwegian Petroleum Museum are documenting the history of the field and the people who worked there through a project called Industrial Heritage Ula.\n\nThese are operator-reported field history and a forward-looking closure plan. A higher resource estimate alone does not state production volume or remaining economically recoverable quantities, and the 2028 date is a plan rather than a completed closure.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["oil","gas","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T13:23:12Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://akerbp.com/en/ula-turns-40-a-story-about-people-technology-and-value-creation/","name":"Aker BP","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Source: Aker BP, ‘Ula turns 40: a story about people, technology and value creation’ (6 October 2026). Factual claims paraphrased; no reuse licence identified.","publishedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-add-north-norway-ula-field-40-years"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"NO","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"NO","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}