List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In terms of the oil industry, "North Sea oil" often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the UK "Atlantic Margin" which are not, strictly speaking, part of the North Sea. The UK list includes facilities in the Irish Sea.
List of fields
South to north.Netherlands
Onshore
- Rijswijk oil field - oilfield with a Lower Cretaceous reservoir
- Schoonebeek oil field - largest onshore oilfield in Western Europe
- Groningen gas field - huge gas discovery
Offshore
- Serviced from Den Helder
- Zuidwal
- Ameland - gasfield that started production in the mid-1980s
- De Ruyter oil field - most recent offshore oil development
- Hanze oil field - most northern oil field in the Dutch sector
- Many fields in Quadrants P, Q, K (e.g. K12-B, L, and some in blocks E, F
United Kingdom
Onshore
Onshore oil and gas resources in the UK are located in a number of provinces corresponding to prospective sedimentary basins. Provinces and Basins include the Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin, Worcester Basin, Cheshire Basin, East Midlands Province, West Lancashire Basin, NE England Province, Northumberland-Solway Basin, Midland Valley of Scotland, and the Orcadian Basin. A list of current and historic UK onshore oil and gas fields is given in the table below.| Field | Location | Operational | Oil or gas | Province, Basin | Reservoir geology | Source geology |
| Albury | Surrey | Not developed | Gas | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Humbly Grove | Hampshire | 1986–date | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Kimmeridge | Dorset | 1959–date | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Singleton | West Sussex | 1980s | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Stockbridge | Hampshire | Yes | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Wareham | Dorset | 1991–date | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Wytch Farm | Purbeck, Dorset | 1979–date | Oil | Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin | Bridport sands, Great Oolite, Sherwood sandstones | Lower Lias |
| Hatfield Moors | South Yorkshire | 1986–date | Gas | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Hatfield West | South Yorkshire | 1986–2000 | Gas | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Saltfleetby | Lincolnshire | 1999–2018 | Gas | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Trumfleet | South Yorkshire | 1998– | Gas | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Eakring | Nottinghamshire | 1939–1964 | Oil | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Gainborough | Lincolnshire | 1987–date | Oil | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Rempstone | Nottinghamshire | 1991– | Oil | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Scampton | Lincolnshire | –1988 | Oil | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Welton | East Yorkshire | 1984– | Oil | East Midlands Province | Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Eskdale | North Yorkshire | 1960–1967 | Gas | NE England Province | Permian limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Lockton | North Yorkshire | 1969–1974 | Gas | NE England Province | Permian limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Malton | North Yorkshire | 1995–date | Gas | NE England Province | Permian limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Marishes | North Yorkshire | 1995–date | Gas | NE England Province | Permian limestones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Formby | Merseyside | 1939–1965 | Oil | West Lancashire Basin | Sherwood sandstone | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Elswick | Lancashire | 1990–date | Gas | West Lancashire Basin | Sherwood sandstone | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Cousland | Midlothian | 1937–? | Gas | Midland Valley Scotland | Silesian sandstones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| Dalkeith | Midlothian | 1937–? | Oil | Midland Valley Scotland | Silesian sandstones | Silesian mudstones and coal |
| – | Cheshire, Shropshire | Cheshire Basin | ||||
| – | Worcestershire | Worcester Basin | ||||
| – | Northumberland, Cumbria | Northumberland-Solway Basin | ||||
| – | Orkney, Highland, Moray, Aberdeenshire | Orcadian Basin |
Offshore
The UK continental shelf comprises six geographical and geological oil, gas and condensate regions: Southern North Sea ; Central North Sea ; Moray Firth ; Northern North Sea ; West of Shetland ; and the Irish Sea/Liverpool Bay. The fields and installations in the following list are allocated to regions corresponding to the Oil and Gas Authority's listings.Installation Identification
Oil and gas field names follow themes chosen by the companies who originally developed them. An offshore installation on the UK Continental Shelf may comprise a single integrated platform or two or more bridge-linked platforms. Installations are identified by a large black-on-yellow sign on the installation. This may give the name of the original or current owner or operator, the field name, and a set of numbers and letters, e.g. Shell/Esso Leman 49/26A. The numbers identify the Quadrant and Block where the installation is located, e.g. 49/26 is in Quadrant 49 Block 26.Bacton Gas Terminal#cite note-6| The first letter is a sequential letter identifying each installation within a field. For installations in the Southern North Sea the second and subsequent letters may designate a platform's function, e.g. the Leman 49/26A complex comprises four bridge-linked platforms 49/26AP, 49/26AD1, 49/26AD2, and 49/26AK. Common designations are:
| Letter | Platform function |
| A | Accommodation |
| BLP | Bridge Linked Platform |
| C | Compression |
| CPP | Central Processing/Production Platform |
| D | Drilling |
| FTP | Field Terminal Platform |
| H | Hotel accommodation |
| K | Compression |
| LQ | Living Quarters |
| M | Manifold, Main, Metering |
| P | Production, Processing |
| Q | Living Quarters |
| PUQ | Production Utilities Quarters |
| R | Riser, Reception |
| T | Terminal |
| U | Utilities |
| W | Wellhead |
| WPP | Wellhead Protection Platform |
| X | Miscellaneous, e.g. as Low pressure compression, Reception. |
Note: Drilling refers to the original function of the platform to support well drilling operations. No Southern North Sea installation has permanent drilling facilities.
On some installations the letters simply provide a unique two letter identity, e.g.Tethys TN, Viscount VO.
Southern North Sea gas fields
The Southern North Sea comprises gas fields. Themed field names comprise groups of fields that are geographically, operationally or commercially linked. Names are based on:- Geographical location
- Personal names
- ‘Lost’ east coast villages
- Arthurian legend
- Planets and moons
- Gemstones
- Scientists and inventors
- Rivers
- Sailing vessels
- Aircraft
The SNS fields are serviced from Easington, Lowestoft, Hartlepool, Yarmouth, Skegness, Norwich airport and Humberside airport.
| Field | Block | Reservoir | Field installations | Export to | Production started | Decommissioned | Original licensee | Current or last operator | Notes |
| Abbeydale formerly Aberdonia | 53/1 | NUI | Southwark | IOG | Under appraisal | ||||
| Alison | 49/11a | KX subsea | Audrey XW | Oct 1995 | Production ceased February 2010 | Venture Production | Venture, ConocoPhillips, Spirit Energy | ||
| Amethyst | 47/14 | Rotliegende | A1D, A2D, B1D, C1D | Centrica Storage Terminal | 1990, 1992 | Britoil, BP, BG, Centrica, Murphy | Perenco | ||
| Anglia | 48/18b 48/19b 48/19e | YD, YM subsea | YM to YD, YD to LOGGS | Nov 1991 | Yes | Ranger, CalEnergy, Consort, Energy | Ithica Energy | ||
| Ann | 48/10a 49/6a | Rotliegend | A4 subsea, XM subsea | Audrey XW | Oct 1993 | Production ceased September 2012 | Phillips, Venture Production | Venture, ConocoPhillips, Spirit Energy | |
| Annabel | 48/10a | AB1, AB2 subsea | Audrey WD | Apr 2005 | Cessation of Production approved Aug 2016 | Venture | Spirit Energy | ||
| Apollo | 47/4a | subsea | Minerva | 2003 | BG Group & others | Perenco | |||
| Artemis | 47/3 | subsea | Minerva | 2003 | BG Group & others | Perenco | |||
| Arthur | 53/2 | subsea | Thames 49/28A | 2005 | 2014 | ExxonMobil | Esso | ||
| Atlas | Saturn ND | LOGGS | Sep 2005 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Saturn area | ||
| Audrey | 49/11 | Rotliegend | Audrey A, Audrey B, WM subsea | XW to WD, WD to LOGGS | Oct 1988 | Cessation of Production approved September 2016 | Phillips | ConocoPhillips, Spirit Energy | |
| Babbage | 48/2a | Platform | West Sole | Aug 2010 | Dana Petroleum, E.ON Ruhrgas, Centrica | E.ON | |||
| Baird | 49/23 | subsea | Inde 49/23D | Amoco | Perenco | Proposed gas storage facility, not taken forward | |||
| Barque and Barque South | 48/13 48/14 | PB, PL | Clipper | Oct 1990 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |||
| Beaufort | 49/23 | Davy, Bessemer | 1996 | Amoco | Perenco | ||||
| Bell | 49/23 | BP and Conoco | |||||||
| Bessemer | 49/23 | 49/23E | Inde 49/23A | 1995 | Amoco | Perenco | |||
| Blythe | 48/22, 44/23 | Rotliegend | NUI | Bacton via recommissioned Thames pipeline | Starting 2020? | Burmah | IOG | Under appraisal | |
| Boulton | 44/21a | BM | Murdoch MD | Dec 1997 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Boulton H | 44/21a | HM subsea | Watt QM | Dec 1997 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Boyle | 49/30a | Davy 49/30A | BP | ||||||
| Breagh | 42/13 | Breagh A | Redcar, Seal Sands | Oct 2013 | RWE Dea | ||||
| Brigantine | 49/19 | BR, BG | Corvette | Oct 2001 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |||
| Brown | 49/30c | Davy 49/30A | 1996 | BP | |||||
| Bure O | 49/28 | subsea | Thames 49/28A | 1986 | 2014 | ARCO | Perenco | ||
| Bure West | 49/28 | subsea | Thames 49/28A | 1986 | 2014 | ARCO | Perenco | ||
| Caister | 44/23a | Carboniferous sandstone, Bunter | CM | Murdoch MD | Oct 1993 | Yes | Total | ConocoPhillips | |
| Callisto | 49/22 | ZM subsea | Ganymede ZD | Oct 1995 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Jupiter area | |
| Camelot | 53/1a 53/2 | CA | Leman 27A | Oct 1989 | 2011 | Mobil | ERT, Perenco | ||
| Caravel | 49/20b | Caravel QA and QR Normally Unattended Installation | Corvette | Shell/Esso | Shell | ||||
| Carrack | 49/9 49/14b 49/15 | QA, Carrack West | Clipper | 2003 | Shell | Shell | |||
| Cavendish | 43/19b | Cavendish RM platform | Murdoch MD | Jul 2007 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | RWE Dea AG, Dana Petroleum | Ineos | ||
| Ceres | 47/9b | subsea | Mercury field | 2009 | Venture | ||||
| Chiswick | 49/4a | Chiswick NUI | Markham | 2007 | Centrica, Nuon | Centrica | |||
| Cleeton | 42/29 | Rotliegend | CC/CPQ/CW/ECA Riser tower | Dimlington | Apr 1987 | BP | Perenco | Production ceased, now a hub for Easington Catchment Area | |
| Clipper complex | 48/19a | PC/PW/PM/PR/PT | Bacton | Oct 1990 | Shell | Shell | |||
| Clipper South | 48/19a 48/20 | Rotliegend | Temporarily manned platform, RL | LOGGS until Aug 2018, Clipper from Nov 2018 | Aug 2012 | RWE Dea UK | Ineos | ||
| Corvette | 49/24 | NUI | Leman 26A complex | Jan 1999 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |||
| Cutter | 49/9a | QC platform | Carrack | Shell | Shell | ||||
| Cygnus | 44/11 44/12 | Permian Leman, Carboniferous Ketch | A & B | Eagles pipeline to Bacton | Dec 2016 | Centrica, GDF Suez, Bayerngas | Neptune Energy | ||
| Davy | 49/30 | 49/30A | Inde 49/23A | 1995 | Amoco | Perenco | |||
| Davy East | 53/5b | subsea | Davy 49/30A | 2008 | Perenco | Perenco | |||
| Dawn | 48/29 | Rotliegend | subsea | Hewett 48/29C | 1969 | Phillips | ENI | ||
| Deben | 49/28 | subsea | Thames AR | 1998 | Yes | ARCO | Tullow | ||
| Deborah | 48/30 | Rotliegend | subsea | Hewett 48/29C | 1969 | Phillips | ENI | Proposed gas storage facility, not taken forward | |
| Delilah | 48/30 | Rotliegend | subsea | Hewett 48/29AP | 1969 | Phillips | ENI | ||
| Della | 48/30 | Rotliegend | subsea | Hewett 48/29AP | 1969 | Phillips | ENI | ||
| Dotty | Triassic | Phillips | ENI | see Little Dotty | |||||
| Durango | 48/17 | subsea | Waveney | Nov 2008 | Bridge | Perenco | |||
| Easington Catchment Area | 47/9b | Nov 1999 | BG Group | BG Group | Mercury and Neptune fields | ||||
| East Sean | 49/25a | Shell | |||||||
| Elgood | 48/22 | Rotliegend | Subsea | Starting 2020? | Enterprise | IOG | Under appraisal | ||
| Elland | 49/21a | Rotliegend | Silverstone Energy | IOG | Under appraisal | ||||
| Ensign | 48/14a 48/15a 48/15b | Normally Unattended Installation | Audrey | 2012 | Well plugging and abandonment completed August 2019, full decommissioning by 2022 | Centrica | Centrica, Spirit Energy | ||
| Eris | 47/8c | subsea | Mercury field | Venture | |||||
| Esmond | 43/13a | Lower Triassic | Platform | Bacton | 1985 | 1995 | Hamilton Brothers | BHP | |
| Europa | 49/22 | EZ | Ganymede ZD | Oct 1999 | Yes | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Jupiter area | |
| Excalibur | 48/17 | EA | Lancelot | 1993 | Mobil | Perenco | |||
| Fizzy | |||||||||
| Forbes | 43/13 | Triassic | Platform | Bacton | 1985 | 1995 | Hamilton Brothers | BHP | |
| Galahad and Mordred | 48/12 | 48/12BA | Lancelot | Nov 1995 | Perenco, Chieftan, Premier Pict | Perenco | |||
| Galleon | 48/20 | PG, PN | Clipper | Oct 1994 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |||
| Ganymede | 49/17 | ZD | LOGGS | Oct 1995 | Yes | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Jupiter area | |
| Garrow | 43/21 | Rotliegend | NUI | Kilmar | 2006 | ATP | ATP | TORS development | |
| Gawain | 49/29a | 49/29A subsea | Thames 49/28A | Oct 1986 | 2014 | ARCO | Perenco | ||
| Goddard formerly Glein | 48/11 | Blythe | IOG | Under appraisal | |||||
| Gordon | 43/20 | Triassic | Platform | Bacton | 1985 | 1995 | Hamilton Brothers | BHP | |
| Grove | 49/10 | NUI | Markham | 2007 | Newfield | Centrica | |||
| Guinevere | 48/17b | 49/17B | Lancelot | Jun 1993 | Yes | Mobil | Perenco | ||
| Harvey | 48/23c, 48/24a,b | Leman sandstone | Arco | IOG | Under appraisal | ||||
| Hawksley | 44/17a | EM subsea | Murdoch MD | Nov 2002 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | |||
| Helvellyn | 47/10b | subsea | Amethyst | 2004 | ATP Oil & Gas, First Oil Expro Ltd | ATP Oil & Gas | |||
| Hewett | 48/29 48/30 52/4 52/5 | Triassic, Permian, Zechstein | 48/29A-FTP, 48/29A-P, 49/29B, 48/29C, 52/5A | Bacton | July 1969 | Arpet/Phillips | Eni UK/Perenco | ||
| Horne & Wren | 53/3c | NUI | Thames 49/28A | 2005 | 2014 | Tullow | Tullow | ||
| Hoton | 48/7b | NUI | West Sole pipeline | Dec 2001 | BP | Perenco | |||
| Hunter | 44/23 | HK subsea | Murdoch KM | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Caledonia | ||||
| Hyde | 48/6 | NUI | West Sole | Aug 1993 | BP, Statoil | Perenco | |||
| Hyperion | Saturn ND | LOGGS | Sep 2005 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | ConocoPhillips | Part of Saturn area | |||
| Indefatigable | 49/23 49/18 | Rotliegend | 49/23AT/AC/AQ, 49/23CD/CP, 49/23D, 49/18A, 49/18B | 18A & 18B to 23A, 23D to 23C, 23C to 23A, 23A to Leman 27B | Oct 1971 | Amoco-British Gas | Perenco | ||
| Indefatigable | 49/24 49/19 | Rotliegend | JD/JP, K, L, M, N | Perenco Inde 23A | Oct 1971 | Production ceased 2005, removed 2010 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |
| Johnston | 43/27a | subsea | Ravenspurn North | Oct 1994 | Hamilton | E.ON Ruhrgas, Dana | |||
| Juliet | 47/14b | subsea | Pickerill | Jan 2014 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | GDF Suez | Neptune Energy | ||
| Juno | Minerva NUI | 2003 | BG Group | BG Group | Apollo, Minerva, Artemis, Whittle | ||||
| Jupiter area | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Ganymede, Sinope, Callisto, Europa, N.W.Bell | ||||||
| Katy | 44/19b | NUI | Kelvin pipeline | 2013 | ConocoPhillips, GDF, Tullow | ConocoPhillips | |||
| Kelvin | 44/18b | TM | Murdoch MD | Nov 2007 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | ConocoPhillips, GDF, Tullow | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Ketch | 44/28 | KA | Murdoch MD | Oct 1999 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Shell | Shell | ||
| Kew | 49/5-4 | subsea | Chiswick | Centrica | |||||
| Kilmar | 43/22 | Carboniferous | NUI | Trent | 2006 | ATP | ATP | TORS development | |
| Lancelot | 48/17a | 48/17A | Bacton | 1993 | Mobil | Perenco | |||
| Leman | 49/27 | Rotliegend | 27AD/AP/AC/AQ/AX, BD/BP/BT, CD/CP, DD/DP, ED/EP, FD/FP, G, H, J | 27D, F, G to 27B; 27C, E, H, J to 27B; 27B to 27A; 27A to Bacton | Aug 1968 | Amoco-British Gas | Perenco | ||
| Leman | 49/26 | Rotliegend | AD1/AD2/AP/AK, BT/BH, BD/BP, CD/CP, D, E, F, G | via AP to Bacton | Aug 1968 | Shell/Esso | Shell | ||
| Little Dotty | 48/30 | Rotliegend | subsea | 48/29AP | 1969 | Phillips | ENI | ||
| LOGGS | 49/16 | PA/PC/PD/PP/PR | Theddlethorpe | 1988 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Malory | 48/12d | 48/12D | Lancelot | 1993 | Mobil | Perenco | |||
| Markham | 49/05a 49/10b | ST-1, J6A | Den Helder, Netherlands | 1992 | Cessation of production justification submitted April 2016 | Lasmo | Centrica, Spirit Energy | Straddles the UK/Netherlands median line | |
| McAdam | 44/17 | MM subsea | Murdoch MD | 2003 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | ConocoPhillips, Tullow | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Mercury | 47/9b | subsea | Neptune | Nov 1999 | BG Group | Perenco | |||
| Mimas | 48/9a | MN | Saturn ND | Jun 2007 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | ConocoPhillips | ConocoPhillips | Part of Saturm area | |
| Minerva | 47/3 | NUI | Cleeton | 2003 | BG Group & others | Perenco | |||
| Minke | 44/24a | subsea | Netherlands D15 platform | Jun 2007 | Neptune Energy | ||||
| Mordred | 48/12b | Superior | |||||||
| Munro | 44/17b | MH | Hawksley EM | 2005 | Tullow, GDF, ConocoPhillips | GDF Suez | |||
| Murdoch complex | 44/22 | Carboniferous sandstone | MA/MC/MD | Theddlethorpe | Oct 1993 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco, Tullow, GDF | ConocoPhillips | |
| Murdoch satellite | 44/22 | KM subsea | Murdoch MD | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | |||
| Nailsworth | 48/25a,b | Rotliegend | Shell/Exxon | IOG | Under appraisal | ||||
| Neptune | 47/4b | NUI | Cleeton | Nov 1999 | BG Group | Perenco | |||
| Newsham | 48/7 | NUI | West Sole pipeline | Mar 1996 | BP | Perenco | |||
| North Davy | 49/30a | BP | see Davy | ||||||
| North Sean | 49/25 | Shell | see Sean | ||||||
| North Valiant | 49/16 | PD, SP | LOGGS | Oct 1988 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| N.W. Bell | 49/23 | ZX subsea | Callisto | Aug 1999 | Yes | ConocoPhillips | Part of Jupiter area | ||
| Orca | 44/29b | D18a-A platform | D15a-A platform | Dec 2013 | Gaz de France | Neptune Energy | |||
| Orwell | 49/26a | 49/28A-2 subsea | Thames 49/28A | 1993 | 2014 | ARCO | Tullow | ||
| Pickerill | 48/11b | A & B | B to A A to Theddlethorpe | Aug 1992 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | ARCO, AGIP | Perenco, Marubeni | ||
| Ravenspurn North | 43/26 | Rotliegend | Ravenspurn N CPP, ST2, ST3 | Cleeton | Oct 1989 | Hamilton Brothers then BP | Perenco | ||
| Ravenspurn South | 43/26 | A, B, C | Cleeton | Oct 1989 | BP | Perenco | |||
| Rebellion | 48/22 | Rotligend | IOG | Under appraisal | |||||
| Rhea | Saturn ND | LOGGS | Sep 2005 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Saturn area | ||
| Rita | 44/22c | subsea RH | Hunter | Mar 2009 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | E.ON Ruhrgas, GDF Suez | E.ON Ruhrgas | ||
| Rose | 47/10 | subsea | Amethyst | 2004 | 2015 | Centrica | Centrica | ||
| Rough | 48/8 | 47/8A & 47/3B & CD | Centrica Storage terminal | Oct 1975 | Gas storage facility ceased 2017 | Amoco-British Gas | Centrica | Formerly used for natural gas storage | |
| Saturn area | 48/10c 48/10b | ND | LOGGS | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Venture, Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Saturn, Mimas, Hyperion, Atlas, Rhea, Tethys | ||
| Schooner | 44/26 | SA | Murdoch MD | Oct 1996 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Shell | Faroe | ||
| Sean | 49/24 49/25 49/30 | RD, PD/PP | RD to PP PP to Bacton | Oct 1986 | Shell/Esso, Union | Oranje Nassau Energie | |||
| Seven Seas | 48/7c | subsea | West Sole Alpha | 2012 | Centrica | ||||
| Shamrock | 49/20a | NUI | Caravel | May 2008 | Shell/Esso | Shell | |||
| Sinope | 49/22 | Oct 1999 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Jupiter area | ||||
| Skiff | 48/20a | PS NUI | Clipper | Shell | Shell | ||||
| Southwark | 49/21c | Rotliegend | NUI | Bacton via recommissioned Thames pipeline | Starting 2020? | Conoco | IOG | Under appraisal | |
| South Sean | 49/25 | Shell | see Sean | ||||||
| South Valiant | 49/21 | TD | LOGGS | Oct 1988 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Stamford | 48/10c | subsea | Markham | Dec 2008 | Yes | Venture | |||
| Tethys | 49/11b | TN | LOGGS | Feb 2007 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | Part of Saturn area | |
| Tetley | 48/22 | Hauptdolomit | IOG | Under appraisal | |||||
| Thames | 49/28 | 49/28AW/AP/AR | Bacton | Oct 1986 | 2014 | ARCO | Perenco | ||
| Thoresby | 48/16c 48/17d | Hansa | Hansa | Under development | |||||
| Thurne | 49/28 | subsea | Thames 49/28A | Oct 1986 | 2014 | Tullow | Tullow, Perenco | ||
| Topaz | 49/1a 49/2a | Carboniferous | subsea | Schooner SA | Nov 2009 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Faroe Petroleum, INEOS, Ithaca | RWE Dea | |
| Trent | 43/24 | Trent 43/24 | Bacton | Nov 1996 | ARCO | Iona Developments, Perenco | |||
| Tristan | 49/29 | subsea | Welland & Thames | Nov 1992 | 2014 | Mobil | |||
| Tristan NW | 49/29 | Granby | |||||||
| Tyne | 44/18 | NUI | Trent | 1996 | Yes | ARCO | Iona Developments, Perenco | ||
| Valkyrie | 49/16 | OD | LOGGS | Ceased production 2016, removed by 2020 | ConocoPhillips | ConocoPhillips | Extended reach well from Vampire OD | ||
| Vampire | 49/16 | OD | LOGGS | Oct 1999 | Ceased production 2016, removed by 2020 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Vanguard | 49/16 | QD | LOGGS | Oct 1988 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Victor | 49/22 | JD, JM subsea | JM to JD JD to Viking B | Sep 1984 | Yes | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Victoria | 49/17 | SM | Viking B | 2008 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Silverstone | |||
| Viking A | 49/12 | Rotlegend | AR/AC/AP | Theddlethorpe | July 1972 | Viking 'A' field decommissioned 1991 'A' field platforms removed 1993-4 | Conoco/BNOC | ConocoPhillips | |
| Viking B | 49/16 49/17 | BA/BC/BP/BD | LOGGS | 1973 | Yes | Conoco/BNOC | ConocoPhillips | Viking South, original export via Viking AR, then via LOGGS | |
| Viking satellites | 49/16, 49/17 | Rotliegend | CD, DD, ED, GD, HD, KD, LD | Viking B complex | 1973 | Viking CD, DD, ED, GD & HD ceased production 2011-15, removed 2017-18 | Conoco/BNOC | ConocoPhillips | Viking KD & LD are non-operational |
| Viscount | 49/16 | VO | Vampire OD | Ceased production 2015, removed by 2020 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | |||
| Vixen | 49/17 | VM subsea | Viking B | Oct 2000 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco, BP | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Vulcan | 49/21 | Rotliegend | RD, UR platforms | UR to RD RD to LOGGS | Oct 1988 | Ceased production 2015, removed 2018-19 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | |
| Watt | 44/22b | QM subsea | Murdoch | 2003 | Production ceased Aug 2018 | Conoco | ConocoPhillips | ||
| Waveney | 48/17 | 48/17C | Lancelot | 1998 | ARCO | Perenco | |||
| Welland | 53/4a | 53/4A NUI | Thames 49/28A | Sep 1990 | 2010 | ARCO ExxonMobil | Perenco | ||
| Welland N.W. | 53/4a | subsea | Welland 53/4A | Yes | ARCO | Perenco | |||
| Wenlock | 49/12 | 49/12A | Inde 23A | 2007 | ATP | ATP | |||
| Wensum | 49/28 | Thames 49/28A | 1986 | 2014 | ARCO | Perenco | |||
| West Sole | 48/6 | Rotliegend | WA, WB, WC | Easington | Mar 1967 | BP | Perenco | ||
| Whittle | 42/28b | subsea | Cleeton | 2003 | BG Group | Perenco | |||
| Windermere | 49/9b, 49/4a | Rotliegend-Leman Sandstone | Windemere platform | Markham ST1 platform | Apr 1997 | Yes | Wintershall | Ineos | |
| Wingate | 44/24b | Wingate platform | D15-A platform | Oct 2011 | Wintershall | ||||
| Wissey | 53/4 | subsea | Horne & Wren | Aug 2008 | 2014 | Tullow | Tullow | ||
| Wollaston | 42/28 | subsea | Whittle | 2003 | BG Group | Perenco | |||
| Wren | 53/3c | Tullow | see Horne | ||||||
| Yare | 49/28 | Yare C subsea | Thames 49/28A | Oct 1986 | Yes | ARCO | Perenco | ||
| York | 47/02a | NUI | Centrica Storage terminal | Mar 2013 | Centrica | Centrica, Spirit Energy |
Central North Sea fields
The Central North Sea comprises oil, condensate and gas fields. They are serviced from Aberdeen and Hartlepool| Field | Quad/Block | Reservoir | Field installation | Liquid export to | Gas export to | First oil/gas | Operator | Notes |
| Affleck | 30/19 | Maersk | ||||||
| Alder | 15/29a | Chevron | ||||||
| Alma | 30/24 | Alma FPSO Enquest Producer | Tanker | Oct 2015 | EnQuest | Formerly Argyll field | ||
| Angus | 31/26a | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Arbroath oil field | 22/17 | Palaeocene | Arbroath platform | Montrose A | Apr 1990 | Formerly Amoco, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | ||
| Argyll & Duncan oil fields | 30/24, 30/25 | Rotliegend / Zechstein | Argyll platform | Jun 1975 | Hamilton Brothers | Later named Ardmore then Alma | ||
| Arkwright | 22/23a | subsea | Monarb | Amoco | ||||
| Armada gas fields | 22/5a | Palaeocene and Jurassic Fulmar | Armada platform | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | Teesside via CATS | BG Group | ||
| Arundel | 16/23 | BP | ||||||
| Athena | 14/18b | Athena FPSO BW Athena | Tanker | May 2012 | Ithaca | Demobilised Feb 2016 | ||
| Auk oil field | 30/16 | Rotliegend / Zechstein | Auk A platform | Fulmar A | Dec 1975 | Formerly Shell, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | ||
| Aviat gas field | 22/7a | Lower Pleistocene | subsea | Forties A | 2016 | Apache | ||
| Baccus | 22/6a | Apache | ||||||
| Balloch | 15/20b | Maersk | ||||||
| Banff | 22/27a, 29/2a | Banff FPSO Petrojarl Banff | Tanker | Sep 1996 | Formerly Sun Oil, Canadian Natural Resources CNR | |||
| Bardolino | 22/13a | Shell | ||||||
| Beauly | 16/21c | Talisman | ||||||
| Beinn | 16/7a | Marathon | ||||||
| Birch | 16/21a | Lasmo | ||||||
| Bittern | 29/1b | Shell | ||||||
| Blackbird | 20/2a | Nexen | ||||||
| Bladon | 16/21d | Arco | ||||||
| Blair | 16/21a | Sun Oil | ||||||
| Blane oil field | 30/3a | Paleocene, Forties Sandstone | Tie back to Ula platform | Ula platform | Ula platform | Talisman Energy | ||
| Blenheim | 16/21b | Arco | ||||||
| Braemar | 16/3b | Marathon | ||||||
| Brechin | 22/23a | subsea | Monarb | Paladin | ||||
| Brenda | 15/25b | Oilexco | ||||||
| Brimmond | 22/6a | BP | ||||||
| Britannia gas field | 15/29, 16/26 | Lower Cretaceous | Britannia platform | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | St Fergus via SAGE | Aug 1998 | Britannia operator | |
| Brodgar | 21/3a | ConocoPhillips | ||||||
| Buchan oil field | 21/1a | Devonian Sandstone | Buchan A semi-sub | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | May 1981 | Formerly Transworld Petroleum, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | ||
| Burghley | 16/22 | Talisman | ||||||
| Burgman | 28/9 | Premier | ||||||
| Buzzard oil field | 19/10, 20/6 | Upper Jurassic | Buzzard Wellhead, Production, Utilities, Sweetening platforms | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | St Fergus via UK Frigg line | Jan 2007 | Formerly Pan-Canadian/Encana, Nexen | the largest discovery in the last 25 years |
| Caledonia | 16/26 | ChevronTexaco | ||||||
| Carnoustie | 22/17 | subsea | Monarb | Amoco | ||||
| Catcher | 28/9 | Premier | ||||||
| Cawdor | 30/14 | Maersk | ||||||
| Cayley/Caley | 22/17 | subsea | Monarb | Talisman | ||||
| Chanter | 15/17 | Occidental | ||||||
| Chestnut field | 22/2a | Chestnut FPSO Sevan Hummingbird | Tanker | Sep 2008 | Centrica | |||
| Clapham | 21/24 | PetroCanada | ||||||
| Clyde oil field | 30/17b | Fulmar sandstone | Clyde platform | Mar 1987 | Formerly Britoil, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | |||
| Cook | 21/20a | Enterprise | ||||||
| Crathes | 21/13a | EnQuest | ||||||
| Culzean | 22/25a | Platform | CATS pipeline | Maersk | ||||
| Curlew field | 29/7 | Curlew FPSO | Tanker | Nov 1997 | Shell | |||
| Cyrus oil field | 16/28 | Palaeocene | Originally SWOPS vessel Seillean, then subseatie back to Andrew | OPV Seillean, Andrew | Apr 1990 | BP | SWOPS production ceased Mar 1992 | |
| Dauntless | 21/11 | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Donan field | 15/20 | Donan FPSO Global Producer 3 | Tanker | Jan 2007 | Maersk | |||
| Drake | 22/5b | British Gas | ||||||
| Duart | 14/20b | Talisman | ||||||
| Duncan | 30/24 | Hamilton | ||||||
| Durward | 21/16 | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Egret | 22/24d | subsea | ETAP | Shell | ||||
| Elgin-Franklin gas field | 22/30, 29/5 | Fulmar sandstone and Middle Jurassic | Elgin PUQ and Wellhead platforms | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | Bacton via SEAL | Mar 2001 | Total S.A. | |
| Enoch | 16/13a | Paladin | ||||||
| Erskine gas field | 23/26 | Middle Jurassic sandstone | Erskine platform | North Everest | North Everest | Nov 1997 | Chevron | |
| ETAP gas field complex - includes Marnock, Machar, Monan, Mungo, Madoes and Mirren fields | 22/20, 22/24, 22/25, 23/16, 23/26 | ETAP platform | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | Teesside via CATS | BP | Eastern Trough Area Project | ||
| Ettrick oil field | 20/2, 20/3 | Upper Jurassic | FPSO | Tanker | 2009 | Dana Petroleum | ||
| Everest gas field | 22/9, 22/10, 22/14 | Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone | Everest North Platform & Everest North Riser Platform | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | Teesside via CATS | May 1993 | Formerly Amoco, BG Group, Chrysaor | |
| Farragon | 16/28 | subsea | Andrew | Andrew | BP | |||
| Fife | 31/26a | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Fleming field | 22 | Palaeocene, Maureen Formation | subsea | Armada | Oct 1997 | BG | ||
| Flora | 31/26a | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Flyndre | 30/14 | Maersk | ||||||
| Forties oil field | 21/10 | Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone | Forties FA, FB, FC, FD & FE platforms | Cruden Bay | Sep 1975 | Formerly BP, Apache North Sea | ||
| Fram | 29/3a | Shell | ||||||
| Franklin field | 29/5 | Franklin WH | Elgin platform | Sep 2001 | Total | |||
| Fulmar oil field | 30/11 | Fulmar sandstone | Fulmar A & Fulmar AD platforms | Teesside via NORPIPE | St Fergus | Feb 1982 | Shell, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | |
| Gadwall | 21/19 | Venture | ||||||
| Galia | 30/24 | EnQuest | ||||||
| Galley | 15/23a | Texaco | ||||||
| Gannet oil and gas field | 21 and 22 | Eocene, Palaeocene and Jurassic | Gannet A platform | Fulmar A then Teesside via NORPIPE | St Fergus via Gannet and Fulmar | Nov 1993 | Shell U.K. Limited | |
| Glamis | 16/21a | Sun Oil | ||||||
| Glenelg | 29/4d | Total | ||||||
| Godwin | 22/17 | subsea | Monarb | Talisman | ||||
| Golden Eagle Oil field | 20/1, 14/26 | Sandstone | Golden Eagle PUK platform & Wellhead platform | Forties pipeline at Buzzard or Flotta via Claymore installation | Ettrick | Nov 2014 | Nexen | the second largest oil discovery in the UK North Sea since Buzzard was discovered in 2001 |
| Goldeneye gas field | 14/29 | Goldeneye installation | St Fergus | Oct 2004 | Shell | Decommissioned 2011 | ||
| Goosander | 21/12 | Venture | ||||||
| Grouse | 21/19 | Venture | ||||||
| Guillemott West Guillemott/Teal | 29 21 | Guillemott West FPSO Triton, Guillemott Teal FPSO Anasuria | Tanker | Apr 2000 Jan 1997 | Dana Shell | |||
| Halley | 30/12b | Talisman | ||||||
| Hamish | 15/21b | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Hannay | 20/5c | Talisman | ||||||
| Harrier | 30/6a | Ithaca | ||||||
| Hawkins | 22/5a | British Gas | ||||||
| Heron Cluster oil fields includes Heron, Egret and Skua | Triassic Skagerrak Formation | subsea | ETAP | Shell U.K. Limited | ||||
| Highlander | 14/20 | Texaco | ||||||
| Howe | 22/12a | Shell | ||||||
| Huntington | 22/14b | FPSO | CATS pipeline | EON Ruhrgas | ||||
| Innes | 30/24 | Hamilton | ||||||
| Iona | 15/17 | Elf Exploration | ||||||
| Ivanhoe | 15/21 | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| James | 30/17a | Kerr McGee | ||||||
| J-Block gas field Jade, Janice, Jasmine, Joanne, Judy | 30/2 | Triassic, Chalk and Palaeocene | Jade, Jasmine WHP & LQ, Judy, Janice, Joanne | Jade to Judy, Jasmine to Judy, Joanne to Judy, Janice to Judy, Judy to Teesside via NORPIPE | Judy to Teesside via CATS, Janice to Teesside via CATS | Feb 2002, Feb 1999 | ConocoPhillips | |
| Kingfisher | 16/8a | Shell | ||||||
| Kinnoull | 16/23 | subsea | Andrew | Andrew | BP | |||
| Kittiwake oil field | 21/18 | Upper Jurassic | Kittiwake A platform | Originally by tanker, then Cruden Bay via Forties Unity | Sep 1990 | Formerly Venture then Petrofac now EnQuest | ||
| Kyle | 29/2c | Ranger | ||||||
| Larch | 16/12a | Lasmo | ||||||
| Leven oil field | 30/17b | subsea | Clyde | Formerly Britoil | near Clyde field | |||
| Lochranza | 15/20a | Maersk | ||||||
| Lomond gas field | 23/21 | Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone | Lomond platform | Teesside via CATS | Jul 1993 | Formerly Amoco, BG Group, Chrysaor | ||
| MacCulloch | 15/24b | Conoco | ||||||
| Machar, Madoes, Marnock, Monan, Mungo, and Mirren fields | 22/20, 22/24, 22/25, 23/16, 23/26 | see ETAP | ||||||
| Mallard | 21/19 | Shell | ||||||
| Maria | 16/29a | subsea | Armada | Armada | BG | |||
| Maule | 21/10 | Apache | ||||||
| Maureen oil field | 16/29 | Palaeocene | Maureen platform | Tanker | Phillips Petroleum | abandoned, platform removed 2001 | ||
| Medwin oil field | 30/17b | subsea | Clyde | Formerly Britoil | near Clyde field | |||
| Merganser gas/condensate field | 22 | subsea | Shearwater | 2006 | Shell U.K. Limited | |||
| Monarb | Platforms | Forties pipeline system | CATS pipeline | |||||
| Nicol | 15/25a | Oilexco | ||||||
| Moira oil field | 16/29 | Palaeocene | subsea | Maureen | ||||
| Montrose oil field | 22/17 | Paleocene, Forties Sandstone | Montrose A platform, Montrose Bridge Linked Platform | Forties field | Jun 1976 | Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | ||
| Mungo field | 22 | Mungo NUI platform | Jul 1998 | BP | ||||
| Nelson oil field | 22/6, 22/7, 22/11, 22/12 | Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone | Nelson platform | Forties field | St Fergus | Feb 1994 | Shell Oil | |
| Nethan oil field | 30/17b | subsea | Clyde | Sep 1992 | Formerly Britoil, BP | near Clyde field | ||
| Orion | 30/18 | Talisman | ||||||
| Peregrine | 20/1 | Nexen | ||||||
| Petronella | 14/20 | Texaco | ||||||
| Pict | 21/23b | PetroCanada | ||||||
| Pierce oil field | 23/22, 23/27 | Palaeocene | Pierce FPSO | FPSO | Feb 1999 | Shell U.K. Limited | ||
| Renee | 15/27 | Phillips | ||||||
| Rob Roy | 15/21a | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Rochelle | 15/27 | Endeavour | ||||||
| Rubie | 15/28b | Phillips | ||||||
| Saxon | 21/23b | PetroCanada | ||||||
| Scolty | 21/8 | EnQuest | ||||||
| Scoter gas/condensate field | 22/30 | subsea | Shearwater | Shell U.K. Limited | ||||
| Seymour | 22/5b | subsea | Armada | British Gas | ||||
| Shaw | 22/22a | subsea | Monarb | Talisman | ||||
| Shearwater gas/condensate field | 22/30 | Jurassic Fulmar sandstone | Shearwater A Wellhead platform, Shearwater C PUQ platform | Forties field | Bacton via SEAL | Sep 2000 | Shell U.K. Limited | |
| Shelley | 22/2b | Oilexco | ||||||
| Skua | 22/24b | subsea | ETAP | Shell | Part of Marnock | |||
| Starling | 29/3a | Shell | ||||||
| Stella field | 30 | Stella FPF-1 | Feb 2017 | Ithaca | ||||
| Stirling | 16/21a | Sun Oil | ||||||
| Teal | 21/25 | Shell | ||||||
| Telford | 15/22 | Amerada Hess | ||||||
| Toni | 16/17 | AGIP | ||||||
| Tonto | 21/10b | Apache | ||||||
| Tweedsmuir | 21/1a | Talisman | ||||||
| Utguard | 16/18 | Statoil | ||||||
| Wood | 22/18 | subsea | Monarb | Paladin |
Moray Firth fields
These fields are in Quadrants 11 to 16. Serviced from Aberdeen| Field | Quad/Block | Reservoir | Field installation | Liquid export to | Gas export to | First oil/gas | Operator | Notes |
| Alba oil field | 16/26 | Eocene | Alba Northern platform | Alba FSU then tanker | Britannia | Jan 1994 | Chevron | |
| Atlantic field | 14/26a, 20/1 and 13/30. | subsea | SAGE pipeline | 2006 | Decommissioned | |||
| Beatrice oil field | 11/30a | Upper Jurassic | Beatrice AD, AP, B and C platforms | Nigg Energy Park | Sep 1981 | Mesa Petroleum, thenTalisman Energy, Ithaca | Non-operational | |
| Blake oil field | 13/24 13/29b | Lower Cretaceous | subsea | Ross FPSO Bleo Holm | St Fergus via Frigg pipeline | 2001 | BG Group | |
| Brodgar & Callanish fields | 15/29 21/4 | subsea | Britannia BLP | Jun 2008 | BOL | |||
| Captain Oil field | 13/22 | WPP 'A' bridge linked to the BLP | FPSO then tanker | St Fergus via Frigg pipeline | Mar 1997 | Texaco, then Chevron | ||
| Claymore oil field | 14/19 | Upper Jurassic | Claymore A and Claymore Quarters platforms, bridge linked | Flotta via pipeline | Frigg pipeline | Nov 1977 | Originally Occidental of Scotland, then Elf, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | |
| Cromarty gas field | 13/30 | subsea | To Atlantic subsea manifold then St Fergus via SAGE pipeline | 2006 | BG Group | Decommissioned | ||
| Jacky oil field | 12/21c | Wellhead platform | Nigg via pipeline | Apr 2009 | Ithaca | Non-operational | ||
| Lybster oil field | 11/24 | Onshore well | Onshore | Onshore | May 2012 | Caithness Oil, ten Trapoil | ||
| Piper oil field | 15/17 | Upper Jurassic | Piper Alpha Piper Bravo | Flotta via pipeline | Dec 1976 1992 | Occidental, Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | Piper A destroyed July 1988 | |
| Ross oil field | 13/28 13/29 | Upper Jurassic | Ross FPSO Bleo Holm | Tanker | Apr 1999 | Ultramar, then Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec | ||
| Saltire oil field | 15/17 | Saltire A platform | Piper Bravo | May 1993 | Occidental, then Elf, Talisman, Repsol Sinopec | |||
| Scapa oil field | 14/19 | Lower Cretaceous | subsea template | Claymore | Claymore | 1986 | Occidental, then Elf, Talisman, Repsol Sinopec | |
| Scott oil field | 15/21 15/22 | Upper Jurassic | Scott JD and JU platforms | Sep 1993 | Amerada Hess, then Nexen | |||
| Solitaire oil field | 14/26a | subsea | Golden Eagle | Nexen | ||||
| Tartan oil field | 15/16 14/20 | Upper Jurassic | Tartan A platform | Claymore via pipeline | St Fergus via Frigg pipeline | Jan 1981 | Texaco, then Talisman Energy, Repsol Sinopec |
West of Shetland oil fields
Located in Quadrants 204, 205 and 206, these fields are serviced from Aberdeen and Lerwick| Field | Quad/Block | Reservoir | Field installation | Liquid export to | Gas export to | First oil/gas | Operator | Notes |
| Clair oil field | 206/8 | Clair platform, bridge linked Clair Ridge DP and UQ platforms | Sullom Voe via pipeline | West of Shetland gas pipeline | Feb 2005, 2018 | BP | ||
| Edradour condensate field | 206/4 | Total | ||||||
| Foinaven oil field | 204/19, 204/24 | Foinaven FPSO Petrojarl | Tanker | West of Shetland gas pipeline | Nov 1997 | operated by Teekay Petrojarl on behalf of BP Rish | ||
| Halifax oil field | 205/23 | Hurricane Energy | Under appraisal | |||||
| Laggan condensate field | 206/1 | Total | ||||||
| Lancaster oil field | 205/21a, 205/22a, 205/26b | Aoka Mizu FPSO | Tanker | Link to West of Shetland gas pipeline is being planned. | June 2019 | Hurricane Energy | Early Production System is producing oil. Full field development investment decision expected in 2022. | |
| Schiehallion oil field and Loyal oil field | 204/20 204/25 | Schiehallion FPSO, Glen Lyon FPSO | Tanker | West of Shetland gas pipeline | Jul 1998, May 2017 | BP | In production using Glen Lyon FPSO | |
| Solan oil field | 205/26 | Solan Platform | Storage tank then tanker | - | Apr 2016 | Premier Oil | ||
| Tormore condensate field | 205/5a | Total |
Northern North Sea oil fields
Serviced from Aberdeen and Scasta airport| Field | Quad/Block | Reservoir | Field installation | Liquid export to | Gas export to | First oil/gas | Operator | Notes |
| Alwyn North oil field | 3/9a 3/4a | Middle Jurassic | Alwyn North NAA and NAB platforms bridge linked | Cormorant | St Fergus via Frigg pipeline | Nov 1987 | Total S.A. | - |
| Andrew oil field | 16/27,16/28 | Palaeocene | Andrew platform | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | Teesside via CATS | Jun 1996 | BP | |
| Balmoral oil field | 16/21 | Palaeocene | Balmoral FPV | Cruden Bay via Brae/Forties link | Nov 1986 | Formerly Sun Oil, Premier | ||
| Barnacle | 211/29 | EDP | ||||||
| Barra | 210/24a | Dana | ||||||
| Bentley Oil Field | 9/3b | Whalsay | Under appraisal | |||||
| Beryl oil field | 9/13 | Upper Jurassic | Beryl A, Beryl B and Beryl A riser tower platforms | Tanker | St Fergus via SAGE | Jun 1976 | Formerly Mobil, Apache North Sea | |
| Birch | 16/12a | subsea Z3 and Z5 | Brae A | Brae A | Spirit Energy | Part of Trees development | ||
| Boa | 9/15a | Maersk | ||||||
| Brae oil field | 16/7a | Upper Jurassic | Brae A, Brae B & Brae East platforms | Cruden Bay via Forties pipeline | St Fergus via SAGE | Jun 1983, Apr 1988, Dec 1993 | Marathon Oil | |
| Brent oil field | 211 | Middle Jurassic | Brent A, B, C, D, Brent Spar, Brent Flare | Sullom Voe | St Fergus via FLAGS | Nov 1976 | Shell | |
| Bressay oil field | Statoil | Awaiting development | ||||||
| Broom | 2/5 | DNO | ||||||
| Bruce oil field | 9/9a, 9/8a, 9/9b | Bruce D, Bruce PUQ, Bruce Phase II platforms, bridge linked | Cruden Bay via Forties system | St Fergus via Frigg pipeline | May 1993 | Formerly Hamilton Brothers, Serica Energy plc formerly BP | ||
| Buckland | 9/18a | Mobil | ||||||
| Callater | 9/19b | Apache | ||||||
| Causeway | 211/23b | Valiant | ||||||
| Cladhan | 210/29a | TAQA | ||||||
| Columba oil field | 3/7a, 3/7b, 3/8a | Extended-reach drilling from Ninian platforms | Ninian | |||||
| Conrie | 211/18a | EnQuest | ||||||
| Cormorant oil field | 211/21a 211/26a | Middle Jurassic | Cormorant A & Cormorant North platforms | Sullom Voe | Dec 1979 Feb 1982 | Formerly Shell, TAQA | ||
| Crawford | 9/28 | Hamilton | ||||||
| Devenick | 9/24b | BP | ||||||
| Deveron | 211/18 | Britoil | ||||||
| Don oil field | 211 | Northern Producer FPSO | Tanker | Apr 2009 | Formerly Signal Oil/Britoil, EnQuest | |||
| Dunbar oil field | 3/14a | Dunbar platform | Alwyn North | Dec 1994 | Total S.A. | |||
| Dunlin oil field | 211/23a 211/24a | Middle Jurassic | Dunlin A platform | Cormorant A | Import from Thistle platform | Aug 1978 | Formerly Shell, Fairfield | Decommissioning |
| Eider oil field | 211/16a 211/21a | Middle Jurassic | Eider platform | North Cormorant | Nov 1988 | Formerly Shell, TAQA | ||
| Ellon | 3/15 | Total | ||||||
| Emerald oil field | 2/15a | FPV Emerald Producer | Aug 1992 | Midland & Scottish Resources | Decommissioned 1996 | |||
| Falcon | 210/25a | TAQA | ||||||
| Fionn | 211/22a | Valiant | ||||||
| Forvie North | 3/15 | Total | ||||||
| Glenlivet | 214/30a | Total | ||||||
| Grant | 3/14a | Total | ||||||
| Gryphon oil field | 9/18 | Eocene | Gryphon A Production Vessel | Tanker | Oct 1993 | Kerr McGee, Maersk Oil | ||
| Harding oil field | 9/23 | Eocene | Harding platform | Tanker | Reinjection | Apr 1996 | TAQA | |
| Harris | 210/24a | Dana | ||||||
| Heather oil field | 2/5 | Middle Jurassic | Heather A platform | Sullom Voe via Ninian | Oct 1978 | Formerly Unocal, DNO and Lundin, now EnQuest | ||
| Hudson oil field | 210/24 | subsea | Tern | Tern | 1993 | TAQA formerly Shell | ||
| Hutton oil field, NW Hutton oil field | 211/27 211/28 211/27a | Hutton TLPTension-leg platform, NW Hutton Platform | NW Hutton to Cormorant A | NW Hutton to Ninian | Jul 1984 1983 | Conoco Amoco | TLP decommissioned 2001, NW Hutton ceased production 2002 removed 2009 | |
| Islay | 3/15 | Total | ||||||
| Jura | 3/15 | Total | ||||||
| Keith | 9/8a | BHP | ||||||
| Kestrel oil field | 211/21a | subsea | Tern | Tern | 2001 | TAQA formerly Shell | ||
| Kraken | 9/2 | EnQuest | ||||||
| Larch | 16/12a | subsea Z6 and Z7 | Brae A | Brae A | Spirit Energy | Part of Trees development | ||
| Leadon oil field | 9/14a and 9/14b | Global Producer III FPSO | Tanker | Import from Beryl A | 2001 | Formerly Kerr McGee then Maersk | Decommissioned | |
| Linnhe | 9/13c | Mobil | ||||||
| Loirston | 9/13b | Exxon-Mobil | ||||||
| Lyell oil field | Ninian Central | Ninian Central | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | |||||
| Maclure | 9/19 | BP | ||||||
| Magnus oil field | 211/7a 211/12a | Magnus platform | Ninian Central | Brent A via Northern Leg Gas Pipeline | Aug 1993 | EnQuest | ||
| Mariner | 9/11 | Statoil | ||||||
| Merlin | 211/23a | Shell | ||||||
| Miller oil field | 16/7 16/8 | Miller platform | Brae A | St Fergus via dedicated sour gas pipeline | Jun 1992 | Originally Conoco, BP | Non-operational | |
| Morrone | 9/23b | TAQA | ||||||
| Murchison oil field | 211/19 | Murchison platform | Dunlin A | Brent A via Northern Leg Gas Pipeline | Sep 1980 | Originally Conoco, then Oryx, Kerr McGee, Canadian Natural Resources Limited | Decommissioned | |
| Ness | 9/13b | Mobil | ||||||
| Nevis | 9/13 | Mobil | ||||||
| Ninian oil field | 3/3 3/8 | Ninian Northern, Ninian Central and Ninian Southern platforms | North & South to Central, Central to Sullom Voe | St Fergus via Brent A | Dec 1978 | Originally Burmah/ Chevron, Canadian Natural Resources Limited | ||
| Orlando | 3/3 | Iona | ||||||
| Osprey | 211/23 | Shell | ||||||
| Otter | 210/15a | TotalFinaElf | ||||||
| Pelican | 211/26 | Shell | ||||||
| Penguin | 211/13 | Shell | ||||||
| Playfair | 211/19 | CNR | ||||||
| Rhum gas field | 3/29 | Bruce | Serica Energy | |||||
| Skene | 9/19 | Exxon-Mobil | ||||||
| Staffa | 3/8b | Lasmo | ||||||
| Strathspey oil field | subsea | Ninian Central | Chevron | |||||
| Sycamore oil field | 16/12a | Upper Jurassic | subsea | via Tiffany and Brae | Originally Britoil, Venture, Spirit Energy | subsea tie back to Tiffany and Brae, part of Trees development | ||
| Tern oil field | 210/25a | Tern platform | North Cormorant | Jun 1989 | TAQA, formerly by Royal Dutch Shell and licensed by Shell/Esso | |||
| Thelma oil field | 16/17 | Upper Jurassic | subsea | Tiffany | Originally Phillips | Tiffany, Toni, Thelma and SE Thelma fields, subsea tie back to Tiffany | ||
| Thistle oil field | 211/ 18 | Thistle A platform | Sullom Voe via Brent System | Import from NLGP | Feb 1978 | Formerly BNOC/Britoil/BP, then DNO then Lundin then EnQuest | ||
| Tiffany oil field | 16/17 | Upper Jurassic | Tiffany platform | Cruden Bay via Brae-Forties pipeline | Brae field | Nov 1993 | Originally AGIP UK, then Phillips, then Canadian Natural Resources Limited | - |
| Tullich | 9/23a | Kerr-McGee | - | |||||
| Ythan | 211/18a | EnQuest | - |
Irish Sea gas/oil fields
These UK fields are located in two main areas of the eastern Irish Sea: Morecambe Bay and Liverpool Bay. Although not part of the North Sea they are on the UK Continental Shelf. The fields are serviced from Liverpool, Blackpool and Morecambe.| Field | Quad/Block | Reservoir | Field installation | Liquid export to | Gas export to | First oil/gas | Operator | Notes |
| Bains gas field | 110/3c | subsea | Morecambe South field | 2003 | Spirit Energy | Decommissioned 2018 | ||
| Calder gas field | 110/2b, 110/la, 110/lc, 110/Sa, 110/9a and 110/14 | Calder platform | Rivers terminal | Oct 2004 | Operated by HRL on behalf of ConocoPhillips | |||
| Conwy oil field | 110/12 | EOG | ||||||
| Cossens gas field | 110 | ConocoPhillips | Not yet developed | |||||
| Dalton gas field | 110/2b | subsea | Morecambe North platform | Aug 1999 | Operated by HRL on behalf of ConocoPhillips | |||
| Darwen gas field | 110/8b | ConocoPhillips | Not yet developed | |||||
| Douglas gas field | 110/13 | Triassic | DA, DD, DW, Floating oil storage unit | Tanker | Point of Ayr terminal | Jan 1996 | Hamilton Brothers, then BHP, then Eni Liverpool Bay | |
| Hamilton gas field | 110/13a | Triassic | Hamilton A platform | Douglas installation | Feb 1997 | Hamilton Brothers, then BHP, then Eni Liverpool Bay | ||
| Hamilton North gas field | 110/13a | Triassic | Hamilton North platform | Douglas complex | Dec 1995 | Hamilton Brothers, then BHP, then Eni Liverpool Bay | ||
| Lennox oil/gas field | 110/15 | Triassic | Lennox platform | Douglas complex | Mar 1996 | Hamilton Brothers, then BHP, then Eni Liverpool Bay | ||
| Millom gas field | 113/26a 113/27a | Triassic | Millom West platform | Morecambe North platform | Aug 1999 | Burlington Resources | ||
| Morecambe South gas field | 110/2a, 110/3a, 110/7a and 110/8a | Triassic | CPP1 platform, DP1, DP3, DP4, DP6, DP8 platforms | South Morecambe Terminal | Jan 1985 | Centrica Hydrocarbon Resources Limited, Spirit Energy | Decommissioning underway 2019 | |
| Morecambe North gas field | 110/2 | Triassic | Morecambe North platform | Morecambe North platform | Oct 1994 | Centrica Hydrocarbon Resources Limited | ||
| Rhyl gas field | 113/27b | Triassic | subsea | Morecambe North platform | Apr 2013 | Centrica | - |
Germany
Onshore
- Wietze near Hanover, discovered in 1859
- The Schoenebeek field of the Netherlands extends across the border
Offshore
- Mittelplate, approx. 2 Mio m³/a of crude oil production
- A6/B4, gas field 300 km in the North Sea, gas transport via the NOGAT pipeline
Denmark
Onshore
No onshore developmentsOffshore
Offshore development is abundant. Of the 19 fields, 15 are operated by Maersk Oil and Gas as part of the Dansk Undergrunds Consortium, with the remaining 4 operated by DONG Energy and Hess.- Nils oil field
- Skjold oil field - chalk reservoir
- Gorm oil and gas field - chalk reservoir
- Roar oil field - chalk reservoir
- Harald oil field - chalk reservoir
- Dan oil and gas field - chalk reservoir
- Kraka oil field - chalk reservoir
- Halfdan oil and gas field - chalk reservoir
- Tyra oil and gas field - chalk reservoir
- Tyra Southeast oil field
- Svend oil field
- Valdemar oil field
- Lulita gas field
- Regnar oil field
- Rolf oil field
- Dagmar oil field
- Siri oil field
- Nini oil field
- Cecilie oil field
- South Arne oil and gas field
Norway
Onshore
No onshore developmentsOffshore
Serviced from Stavanger, Bergen, KristiansundSouthern North Sea
Central North Sea
- Yme field - operated by Repsol
- Hod oil field - chalk reservoir, operated by BP
- Valhall oil field - chalk reservoir, operated by BP
- Eldfisk - chalk reservoir, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Ekofisk - chalk reservoir, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Embla oil field - Devonian / Permian reservoir, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Tor oil field - chalk reservoir, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Albuskjell oilfield - decommissioned
- Tambar oil field - Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoir, operated by BP
- Ula oil field - Jurassic sandstone reservoir, operated by BP
- Gyda oil field - Jurassic sandstone reservoir, operated by Repsol
- Blane oil field - Paleocene sandstone reservoir, operated by Repsol
- Oselvar oil field - decommissioned
- Cod oil field - decommissioned
- Njord oil field, operated by Statoil
- Sleipner oil field - Jurassic and Palaeocene reservoirs, operated by Statoil
- Brisling oil field
- Bream oil field
- Balder oil field - Palaeocene/Eocene, operated by ExxonMobil
- Frigg gas field - large Eocene reservoir gas field
- Gudrun gas/oil field - Jurassic reservoir, high pressure, being developed by Statoil
- Hild gas field
- Heimdal gas field - Palaeocene reservoir, operated by Statoil
- Vale gas field - operated by Statoil
- Oseberg oil field Middle Jurassic sandstone reservoir operated by Statoil
- Grane oil field - operated by Statoil
- Brage oil field - operated by Wintershall
- Troll - largest gas field in North Sea, operated by Statoil
- Gullfaks oil field - Middle Jurassic reservoir, operated by Statoil
- Statfjord - along strike from Brent, but structurally deeper, partially in UK sector; operated by Statoil
- Snorre oil field - Middle Jurassic reservoir, operated by Statoil
- Marihøne oil field - operated in partnership by Marathon Oil, Conoco Phillips and Lundin Petroleum
- Murchison oil field operated by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
- Agat
- Haltenbank - numerous developments in production, including Heidrun gasfied, Draugen oil field, and Ormen Lange
Ireland (includes [Northern Ireland])
Onshore
- Larne - tiny prospect under the basalts
- Other small prospects, and significant coal-bed methane
Offshore
- Kinsale Head - gas development off the coast of Cork, exhausted and now proposed for use as carbon dioxide or natural gas storage
- Corrib gas field - about to start production to a controversial onshore processing plant
- Inishbeg - prospect announced to the NW of Donegal; due to be drilled August 2006
- Barryroe - oil and gas discovery south of Cork; appraisal results formally announced March 2012
- Dunquin - off Irish west coast; owned by ExxonMobil, Repsol, Providence and Sosina; drilling was to start in 2013 on a potentially large field
- Spanish Point - field due for exploration in 2013, due north of Dunquin, off County Clare on the Irish West Coast
- Dalkey Island - Irish Sea prospect
Faroes">Faroe Islands">Faroes
Offshore
- Various blocks licensed for exploration, several discoveries not yet developed
Iceland
Offshore
- Nothing published, but the idea is not inconceivable on the ridges extending towards Iceland from the Faroes and the East Greenland Coast
East Greenland
Onshore
- No prospects reported, though sediments analogous to the Mesozoic and Caenozoic deposits of the North Sea are known, so there is appreciable interest. Development would be formidably difficult, technically, logistically and politically.
Offshore
- A recent conference on hydrocarbon prospects in arctic Russia had several speakers mention major gas prospectivity on the East Greenland coast, but they cited no sources. A conference volume was due towards the end of 2006, which may elaborate.
Barents Sea
Onshore
- No significant prospects or potential
Offshore
- Significant exploration, appraisal and development. Major discoveries are the Snøhvit gasfield and the Johan Castberg field, operated by Equinor and the Alta/Gohta field, operated by Lundin Petroleum, both in the Norwegian sector and the Stokhmanovskoye gasfield planned to be operated by Gazprom in the Russian sector.