In 2013, it produced 65,000 barrel of oil per day and 760 million cubic meters of natural gas.

[1] The crude oil is characterized as being naphthenic with 25.0 API (0.9043 g/cm3), 0.52% sulfur, and a high TAN (Total Acid Number) of 2.90.

The Heidrun field is located on Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea at a depth of 350 metres (1,150 ft).

The field has been developed with gas and water injection, using a floating concrete tension leg platform, installed over a subsea template with 58 well slots.

The Cimmerian structure is a southwest-plunging horst block on the southwest flank of the Nordland ridge formed in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous.