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" (west of Shetland) which are not, strictly speaking, part of the North 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^[1]
- De Ruyter oil field - most recent offshore oil development (2006)
- Hanze oil field - most northern oil field in the Dutch sector (2001)
- Many fields in Quadrantrs P, Q, K, L, and some in blocks E, F

United Kingdom

Onshore
- Wytch Farm in Purbeck, Dorset - BP's largest onshore development, now operated by Perenco
- Singleton, West Sussex - situated across the valley from Goodwood Racecourse
- some 80 other prospects along strike on the South Downs^[2]
- East Midlands oilfield, centred on Eakring, Nottinghamshire and extending up to Eskdale, North Yorkshire and the Pickering / Kirby Misperton structure under Ryedale
Offshore (Southern North Sea) (serviced from Easington, Lowestoft, Hartlepool, Yarmouth and near Skegness)
- Hewett - Triassic, operated by Eni
- Dotty - Triassic
- Leman - Rotliegend
- Vulcan - Rotliegend, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Indefatigable - Rotliegend
- Viking - Rotliegend, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Audrey - Rotliegend, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Ann - Rotliegend, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Amethyst gasfield - Rotliegend, operated by BP
- West Sole gasfield - Rotliegend
- Rough gasfield - used for natural gas storage
- Cleeton gasfield - Rotliegend
- Ravenspurn gasfield - Rotliegend
- Caister gasfield - Carboniferous sandstone, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Murdoch gasfield - Carboniferous sandstone, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Gordon gasfield - Triassic
- Forbes gasfield - Triassic
- Esmond gasfield - Triassic
Offshore Irish Sea (serviced from Liverpool, Blackpool and Morecambe)
- Douglas gas field - Triassic, operated by Eni
- Lennox gas field - Triassic, operated by BHP
- Hamilton gas field - Triassic, operated by BHP
- Morecambe gas field - Triassic, Operated by Centrica
- Millom gasfield - Triassic, operated by Burlington Resources
Offshore (Central North Sea) (serviced from Aberdeen and Hartlepool)
- Argyll & Duncan Oilfields - Rotliegend / Zechstein
- Auk oilfield - Rotliegend / Zechstein, operated by Talisman Energy
- Clyde oilfield - Fulmar sandstone operated by Talisman Energy
- Fulmar oilfield - Fulmar sandstone, Operated by Talisman Energy
- J-Block gasfield - Triassic, Chalk and Palaeocene, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Elgin-Franklin gasfield - Fulmar sandstone and Middle Jurassic, operated by Total S.A.
- Shearwater gas/condensate field - Jurassic Fulmar sandstone, operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- Erskine gasfield - Middle Jurassic sandstone, operated by Chevron
- Gannet oilfield (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) - Eocene, Palaeocene and Jurassic, operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- Scoter gas/condensate field - operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- Merganser gas/condensate field - operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- Pierce oilfield - Palaeocene, operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- ETAP gas field complex - includes Marnock, Machar, Monan, Mungo, Madoes and Mirren fields, operated by BP
- Heron Cluster oil fields - Triassic Skagerrak Formation; includes Heron, Egret and Skua; operated by Shell U.K. Limited
- Arbroath oilfield - Plaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by Talisman Energy
- Blane oil field - Paleocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by Talisman Energy
- Montrose oilfield - Paleocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by Talisman Energy
- Lomond gasfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by BG Group
- Everest gasfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by BG Group
- Armada gasfields - Palaeocene and Jurassic Fulmar, operated by BG Group
- Kittiwake oilfield - operated by Petrofac
- Nelson oilfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by Shell Oil
- Forties oilfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated by Apache North Sea
- Britannia gasfield - Lower Cretaceous, operated by ConocoPhillips and Chevron
- Alba oilfield - Eocene operated by Chevron
- Buchan oil field - Devonian Sandstone, operated by Talisman Energy
- Ettrick oilfield - Upper Jurassic
- Golden Eagle Oilfield - operated by Nexen, the second largest oil discovery in the UK North Sea since Buzzard was discovered in 2001
- Buzzard oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated by Nexen, the largest discovery in the last 25 years
- Andrew oilfield - Palaeocene, operated by BP
- Moira oilfield - Palaeocene
- Maureen oilfield - Palaeocene (abandoned, platform removed), was operated by Phillips Petroleum
- Cyrus oilfield - Palaeocene
- Balmoral oilfield - Palaeocene
- Gryphon oilfield - Eocene, operated by Maersk Oil
- Harding oilfield - Eocene, operated by TAQA (formally BP)
- Tiffany oilfield - Upper Jurassic
- Toni oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany)
- Thelma oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany)
- Sycamore oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany and Brae)
- Brae oilfield - Upper Jurassic (several satellite accumulations), operated by Marathon Oil
- Miller oilfield - operated by BP
Offshore (Moray Firth) - serviced from Aberdeen
- Beatrice oil field - Upper Jurassic, operated by Talisman Energy
- Unnamed, yet, Senergy
- Claymore oilfield - Upper Jurassic, operated by Talisman Energy
- Piper oilfield - Upper Jurassic, operated by Talisman Energy, produced from Piper Bravo platform after the loss of Piper Alpha
- Tartan oilfield - Upper Jurassic, operated by Talisman Energy
- Scott oilfield - Upper Jurassic, operated by Nexen
- Ross oilfield - Upper Jurassic (small development by Talisman Energy; within sight of Peterhead)
- Blake oilfield - Lower Cretaceous, operated by BG Group
Offshore (Northern North Sea) - serviced from Aberdeen
- Beryl oilfield - upper Jurassic operated by Apache North Sea (with offshoots to Linhe, Ness...)
- Bressay oilfield
- Bentley Oil Field - south east of Bressay and owned by Xcite Energy
- Emerald oilfield
- Captain Oilfield - operated by Chevron; it contains two platforms the WPP linked to the BLP by a bridge and an FPSO for oil storage. The field also has a tie in to the Frigg system to pump gas.
- Strathspey oilfield (Subsea tie-back to Ninian Central)
- Columba oilfield (extended-reach drilling from Ninian platforms)
- Ninian oilfield - three platforms operated by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
- Lyell oilfield - operated by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
- Heather oilfield - Middle Jurassic, operated by EnQuest PLC
- Brent oilfield - Middle Jurassic, operated by Shell (four main platforms, plus Brent Spar)
- Dunlin oilfield - Middle Jurassic, operated by Fairfield
- Hutton oilfield (produced from the innovative Tension-leg platform; decommissioned in 2001; was operated by Conoco)
- Cormorant oilfield - Middle Jurassic, operated by TAQA
- Tern oilfield - operated by TAQA, formerly by Royal Dutch Shell and licensed by Shell/Esso
- Eider oilfield - Middle Jurassic, operated by TAQA
- Murchison oilfield - straddles the Norwegian median line; operated by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
- Don oilfield
- Magnus oilfield - operated by BP
- North Alwyn oilfield - operated by Total S.A.
- Dunbar oilfield - operated by Total S.A.
Offshore (West of Shetland) - serviced from Aberdeen
- Clair oilfield - operated by BP; a very large, but high viscosity field
- Schiehallion oilfield - operated by BP
- Foinaven oilfield - operated by Teekay Petrojarl on behalf of BP Rish

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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

Nothing onshore
Offshore development is abundant. Of the 19 fields, 15 are operated by Maersk Oil and Gas^[5] as part of the Dansk Undergrunds Consortium,^[6] with the remaining 4 operated by DONG Energy (3) and Hess (1).^[7]
- 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

Associated, but not strictly North Sea

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^[10]
  - Spanish Point - field due for exploration in 2013, due north of Dunquin, off County Clare on the Irish West Coast^[11]
  - Dalkey Island - Irish Sea prospect
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 (Geological Society, London; February 2006) 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, operated by Statoil in the Norwegian sector and the Stokhmanovskoye gasfield planned to be operated by Gazprom in the Russian sector.

References

↑ Crouch et al (1996). In Rondeel et al. (eds) Geology of gas and oil under the Netherlands, Kluwer Academic, the Netherlands, pp. 93-102
↑ Hayhurst, Ruth (23 April 2014). "Energy Department lists 80+ oil and gas wells in Sussex". "drillordrop".
↑ DTI Brown book
↑ DECC website
↑ Maersk Oil and Gas
↑ Dansk Undergrunds Consortium
↑ "Danish Energy Authority Oil and Gas Fields". Accessed on August 19, 2007
↑ "Statoil Gudrun platform leak triggers shutdown". Petro Global News. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
↑ Norwegian Petroleum Directorate fact pages on oil fields
↑ http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfsnidqlcwau/rss2/
↑ http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/providence-to-drill-spanish-point-asset-in-2013-201449.html

External links

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