Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Friesland	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (Producing)	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	gas	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1974	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Discovered	1965	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Onshore offshore	Onshore	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V.	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026
Production	1,013 boe/day (year: 2025)	NLOG · Per https · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How its operator compares

Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V. owns 46 of the 532 oil and gas fields in the Netherlands in our data with a named owner; 4 owners have more. Counts cover the oil and gas fields in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.

Operator in Netherlands	Rank	Oil and gas fields	Share
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.	1st	162	30%
Tenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.	2nd	67	13%
Wintershall Noordzee B.V.	2nd	67	13%
Eni Energy Netherlands B.V.	4th	51	9.6%
Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V.	5th	46	8.6%

Timeline

Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.

1965Discovered
1974Production started

Operator and place

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