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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.