Updated 2016 Upstream Oil & Gas Report for Onshore, North Sea and West of Shetland

1. UK Continental Shelf Oil & Gas
Annual Upstream Report
Derek Louden
Abbian House
Tower Street
Tain
Ross-shire
IV19 1DY
Tel: 01862 892734
Mob: 07876 774412
Email: LoudenDW@aol.com
©Derek W Louden
August 2016
ISBN 978-0-9928748-2-7
All rights reserved. May not be reproduced in whole or in part
without the permission of the author.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information
included in this paper, the author makes no warranty, express or implied, or assumes
any liability for its accuracy or completeness.

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Acknowledgment
My father Billy Louden passed away on 10th
May 2016 following a 15-month struggle with Pancreatic
Cancer.
Anyone overcome with a sudden urge to thank the author for this report could make a donation to:
www.macmillan.org.uk or
www.highlandhospice.org or
www.mariecurie.org.uk
all of whom helped to look after my father during his struggle.
Rest In Peace dad.

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Contents
1) Executive Summary
2) Operators in 2016
3) Oil Production in 2015
4) Gas Production in 2015
5) New Fields 2015
6) Field Development Pipeline
7) Declining Output & De-commissioning
8) Company Turnover & Taxation
9) Company Profiles & Contact Details
10) Company Debt
11) About the Author
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Note: Cover photo of EnQuest Producer (Alma/Galia) courtesy of EnQuest
http://www.enquest.com/media-centre/multimedia/photo-gallery.aspx

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1) Executive Summary
 Oil production on the UK Continental Shelf increased in the latest year for the first
time since 2007. Gas output was also slightly up compared with 2014.
 Oil production excluding NGLs totalled 44.3 Million Tonnes in 2015, an increase from
37.4 in 2014. Output rose 18.6% in one year with more field start-ups to come.
 Gas production rose from 43,322 MMCuM in 2014 to 46,533 MMCuM in 2015 an
increase of 7.4% with Laggan/Tormore’s start-up to come in 2016.
 Nexen tops the list of Oil producers in 2015 with output of 5.12 million Tonnes.
 Centrica heads up the gas list with 6.678Bn Cubic Metres produced in 2015 including
production from the Rough storage facility.
1,115
11,523
37,267
52,367
76,075
78,615
87,608
100,254
109,437
121,549
122,487
120,943
118,839
109,758
87,245
88,421
87,302
89,441
93,532
115,697
120,195
121,764
120,344
124,215
129,163
118,075
109,522
108,264
99,061
88,715
78,164
70,904
70,965
66,418
63,323
58,924
49,078
42,504
38,537
37,367
44,314
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
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2015
UKCS Oil Output (Thousand Tonnes)
1975-2015
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2016 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm
88,692
105,046
110,748
116,572
125,024
133,479
130,946
125,418
123,362
113,027
101,148
89,477
82,675
80,396
69,429
67,651
52,070
45,815
43,243
43,322
46,533
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160,000
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2004
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
UKCS Gas Output (MMCuM)
1995-2015
Source: Adapted from DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

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 The following new fields were brought on stream in 2015:
o PEREGRINE (Nexen)
o YTHAN (Enquest)
o ENOCHDHU (Conoco Phillips)
o GODWIN (Talisman)
o ALMA (Enquest)
o GALIA (Enquest)
o CLADHAN (Taqa)
o SOLITAIRE (Nexen)
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492019/Fi
eld_Start-Ups_in_2015.pdf
 A large number of new oilfields are under development and a number of other fields
have temporarily shut down to enhance or renew their production facilities and will
return to production soon. Oil production was 44.3 Million Tonnes in 2015. The
additions under way target additional production of 47.9 Million Tonnes per annum. It is
clear that, even allowing for natural and normal reductions in flow rates as existing fields
mature & decline, output will rise substantially from 2014’s low point to be 50% higher
by 2018. This is hidden from the public as both DECC/OGA and the OBR are forecasting a
decrease in output over the period. This isn’t credible. Output rose in 2015 but OGA &
the OBR predicted it would fall. DECC predicts it’ll fall again from 2016 onwards.
 The above chart shows oil output from the UKCS in every year from 1975 onwards. It
shows the effect of current investment on future production by graphing the projected
output from fields which are in the process of coming online. Even allowing for natural
rates of decline, the increase between 2013 and 2018 will be over 50 percent.
 Wood Mackenzie produced a similar projection to the one above. The OGA’s shows a
flatline in output over the same period. This seems impossibly negative. The impossibly
negative OGA projection is the one the OBR use when attacking Scottish Government
projections. The OBR analysis is partial, it doesn’t reflect reality – it’s wrong.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-
_February_2016.pdf
0
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40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
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1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
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1988
1989
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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ThousandTonnes
UK Crude Oil Production by start-up year of field
(1975-2015 Actual & 2016-2023 Projected)
Source: DECC Annual Oil Prodn 1975-2015,Company Data 2016-2023

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 The chart below presents an attempt to represent gas production over the same period
as oil, from 1975 onwards. The attempt is somewhat fraught since much of the DECC
information starts in 1995 (the big green slice) when actual production started much
earlier but wasn’t recorded. Reality would be more bell-shaped than what’s here.
 Gas is in for an interesting time following the completion of Laggan/Tormore. The Rough
Storage facility is what keeps the lights on in the winter. Centrica has stated that its use
will be curtailed this winter. It isn’t clear what steps are being taken to fill this gap.
 The price of Brent Crude fell 47.1% in 2015. By contrast the Heren Energy gas price fell by
20.8% in 2015.
0
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40,000,000
60,000,000
80,000,000
100,000,000
120,000,000
140,000,000
160,000,000
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
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2015
2016
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ThousandCubicMetres
UK Gas Production by start-up year of field
(1975-2015 Actual & 2016-2023 Projected)
Source: DECC Annual Oil Prodn 1975-2015,Company Data 2016-2023

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2) Operators in 2015
The following Companies operated oilfields on the UKCS in 2015. Click on the links to find
further details regarding which fields they control:
 4 GEN ENERGY
 A J LUCAS GROUP LTD
 ALKANE ENERGY PLC
 ALPHA PETROLEUM UK HOLDINGS
 ALTWOOD PETROLEUM
 ANGUS ENERGY LIMITED
 ANTRIM ENERGY INC.
 APACHE CORPORATION
 ARDENT OIL
 ARENITE PETROLEUM LIMITED
 AREVON ENERGY
 ATLANTIC PETROLEUM P/F
 AURORA PETROLEUM LIMITED
 AZINOR PETROLEUM
 BAYERNGAS NORGE AS
 BG INTERNATIONAL
 BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM
 BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY
 BLACKLAND PARK EXPLORATION
 BP EXPLORATION
 BRIGANTES ENERGY
 BRITISH DRILLING AND FREEZING COMPANY
 BROCKHAM CAPITAL LIMITED
 BURGATE E&P
 CAIRN ENERGY PLC
 CALENERGY GAS (HOLDINGS)
 CARSTONE EXPLORATION
 CELTIQUE ENERGY HOLDINGS
 CENTRICA
 CENTRICA STORAGE HOLDINGS
 CHEVRON CORPORATION
 CHRYSAOR HOLDINGS
 CIECO UK
 CIRQUE ENERGY (UK) LIMITED
 CLUFF NATURAL RESOURCES PLC
 CNOOC LIMITED
 CNR INTERNATIONAL
 COMTRACK VENTURES
 CONNAUGHT OIL & GAS LTD.
 CONOCOPHILLIPS
 CORFE ENERGY
 CUADRILLA RESOURCES
 DANSK OLIE OG NATURGAS A/S
 DORIEMUS PLC
 DYAS B.V.
 ECORP INTERNATIONAL
 EDEN ENERGY LIMITED
 EDISON SPA
 EGDON RESOURCES
 EGERTON ENERGY VENTURES
 ENCOUNTER OIL
 ENDEAVOUR ENERGY
 ENEGI OIL PLC
 ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
 ENGIE E&P
 ENI UK LIMITED
 ENQUEST PLC
 EOG RESOURCES INC.
 EUROPA OIL AND GAS
 EXXONMOBIL INTERNATIONAL
 FAROE PETROLEUM PLC
 FIRST OIL EXPRO
 FREQUENT OIL
 FYRD ENERGY LIMITED
 GAS-UNION GMBH
 GAZPROM INTERNATIONAL
 GROLIFFE
 GTO LIMITED
 HANSA HYDROCARBONS
 HESS LIMITED
 HIBISCUS PETROLEUM
 HIGHLAND PETROLEUM LIMITED
 HOLYWELL RESOURCES
 HORIZON ENERGY PARTNERS
 HORSE HILL DEVELOPMENTS LTD
 HURRICANE EXPLORATION
 HUTTON ENERGY LIMITED
 IDEMITSU KOSAN
 IGAS PLC
 INDEPENDENT OIL AND GAS
 INEOS INDUSTRIES
 INFRASTRATA PLC
 IONA ENERGY COMPANY
 ITHACA ENERGY INC.

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 JERSEY OIL AND GAS PLC
 JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO.
 JX NIPPON OIL & GAS
 KIMMERIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT LTD
 KOREA NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION
 KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 MAERSK GROUP
 MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 MARATHON OIL UK LIMITED
 MARGIN OIL AND GAS (UK) LIMITED
 MARUBENI OIL & GAS
 MITSUBISHI CORPORATION
 MITSUI E&P UK LIMITED
 MOL GROUP
 MONTROSE INDUSTRIES
 MOORLAND ENERGY
 MURPHY PETROLEUM
 NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL CO.
 NOBLE ENERGY
 NORTH SEA ENERGY INC.
 NORWEGIAN ENERGY COMPANY ASA
 NORWEST ENERGY
 OK ENERGY LIMITED
 OMV (UK) LIMITED
 ONSHORE OILFIELD SERVICES LIMITED
 ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE
 ORIGO EXPLORATION
 PARKMEAD GROUP PLC
 PERENCO OIL & GAS
 PETROFAC
 PETROGAS INTERNATIONAL
 PETRONAS ENERGY TRADING
 PING PETROLEUM LIMITED
 PREMIER OIL PLC
 REACH ENERGY LIMITED
 REACH OIL & GAS
 REPSOL SINOPEC RESOURCES
 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL
 SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC
 SCOTTISH POWER PLC
 SERICA ENERGY
 SOJITZ UK PLC
 SONOREX OIL AND GAS
 SPIKE EXPLORATION
 STATOIL ASA
 STEAM OIL PRODUCTION COMPANY LTD
 STELINMATVIC INDUSTRIES
 STERLING RESOURCES
 SUMITOMO CORPORATION
 SUNCOR ENERGY INC.
 SWIFT EXPLORATION
 TAQA EUROPA B.V.
 TERRAIN ENERGY
 TGS GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
 THE CHATSWORTH ESTATES COMPANY
 THIRD ENERGY
 THIRD ENERGY OFFSHORE LIMITED
 TOTAL UPSTREAM UK LIMITED
 TULLOW UK
 U.K. ONSHORE GAS LIMITED
 UK OIL & GAS INVESTMENTS PLC
 UNION JACK OIL PLC
 VERITAS GEOPHYSICAL
 VERUS PETROLEUM
 WARWICK ENERGY
 WESSEX HYDROCARBONS LIMITED
 WESTOIL LIMITED
 WINGAS GMBH
 WINTERSHALL B.V.
 XCITE ENERGY
 YORKSHIRE EXPLORATION LIMITED
 ZENNOR PETROLE
Source: https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/information/licence_reports/databycompanyandblock.html

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3) Oil Production
Oil Production by Field:
Field Name
2015
Production
(Tonnes)
2015 Production
(Barrels)
Value $
2015
Production
(Barrels/day)
BUZZARD 8,151,738 59,752,240 $ 3,130,419,854 163,705
GOLDEN EAGLE 2,196,393 16,099,561 $ 843,456,001 44,108
FORTIES 2,057,166 15,079,027 $ 789,990,225 41,312
FRANKLIN 1,436,871 10,532,264 $ 551,785,311 28,856
CAPTAIN 1,402,852 10,282,905 $ 538,721,393 28,172
KINNOULL 1,288,250 9,442,873 $ 494,712,116 25,871
FOINAVEN 1,163,192 8,526,197 $ 446,687,461 23,359
BALLOCH 969,913 7,109,462 $ 372,464,714 19,478
JASMINE 905,453 6,636,970 $ 347,710,858 18,183
CLAIR 883,957 6,479,405 $ 339,456,028 17,752
WYTCH FARM 778,510 5,706,478 $ 298,962,382 15,634
ALBA 667,605 4,893,545 $ 256,372,823 13,407
HUNTINGTON 588,051 4,310,414 $ 225,822,589 11,809
HARDING 570,585 4,182,388 $ 219,115,307 11,459
MAGNUS 547,642 4,014,216 $ 210,304,776 10,998
NINIAN 488,630 3,581,658 $ 187,643,063 9,813
GRYPHON 469,715 3,443,011 $ 180,379,346 9,433
BERYL 452,831 3,319,251 $ 173,895,560 9,094
GANNET F 447,225 3,278,159 $ 171,742,750 8,981
SHEARWATER 440,810 3,231,137 $ 169,279,267 8,852
CLAYMORE 436,434 3,199,061 $ 167,598,806 8,765
WEST BRAE 434,070 3,181,733 $ 166,690,992 8,717
SCOTT 434,000 3,181,220 $ 166,664,116 8,716
MACLURE 431,810 3,165,167 $ 165,823,099 8,672
BLAKE 410,576 3,009,522 $ 157,668,858 8,245
NELSON 402,550 2,950,692 $ 154,586,754 8,084
PEREGRINE 399,640 2,929,361 $ 153,469,223 8,026
GANNET A 382,796 2,805,895 $ 147,000,839 7,687
PIERCE 382,310 2,802,332 $ 146,814,173 7,678
THISTLE 367,870 2,696,487 $ 141,268,954 7,388
MACHAR 365,458 2,678,807 $ 140,342,699 7,339
CORMORANT SOUTH 313,892 2,300,828 $ 120,540,379 6,304
BITTERN 295,997 2,169,658 $ 113,668,383 5,944
CORMORANT NORTH 292,300 2,142,559 $ 112,248,666 5,870
NEVIS 285,320 2,091,396 $ 109,568,236 5,730
CHESTNUT 271,743 1,991,876 $ 104,354,384 5,457

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MUNGO 264,910 1,941,790 $ 101,730,378 5,320
DON SOUTH WEST 259,724 1,903,777 $ 99,738,877 5,216
TULLICH 251,450 1,843,129 $ 96,561,528 5,050
TERN 246,920 1,809,924 $ 94,821,918 4,959
BACCHUS 245,188 1,797,228 $ 94,156,775 4,924
PELICAN 239,520 1,755,682 $ 91,980,180 4,810
CALLANISH 239,016 1,751,987 $ 91,786,599 4,800
ALWYN NORTH 235,353 1,725,137 $ 90,379,927 4,726
DOUGLAS 223,424 1,637,698 $ 85,798,998 4,487
BRAE SOUTH 221,651 1,624,702 $ 85,118,138 4,451
Enochdhu 220,691 1,617,665 $ 84,749,469 4,432
PIPER 219,680 1,610,254 $ 84,361,207 4,412
BANFF 218,430 1,601,092 $ 83,881,210 4,387
TELFORD 214,630 1,573,238 $ 82,421,939 4,310
ERSKINE 210,297 1,541,477 $ 80,757,980 4,223
ATHENA 207,148 1,518,395 $ 79,548,714 4,160
ETTRICK 206,504 1,513,674 $ 79,301,381 4,147
ELGIN 200,330 1,468,419 $ 76,930,471 4,023
KYLE 195,516 1,433,132 $ 75,081,785 3,926
STATFJORD 193,310 1,416,962 $ 74,234,639 3,882
WEST DON 192,960 1,414,397 $ 74,100,259 3,875
BRODGAR 192,507 1,411,076 $ 73,926,272 3,866
PENGUIN EAST 192,070 1,407,873 $ 73,758,466 3,857
GUILLEMOT A 185,764 1,361,650 $ 71,336,844 3,731
DUNBAR 181,178 1,328,035 $ 69,575,754 3,638
COOK 180,352 1,321,980 $ 69,258,532 3,622
JADE 171,889 1,259,946 $ 66,008,571 3,452
JANICE 169,832 1,244,869 $ 65,218,687 3,411
DONAN {MAERSK} 168,700 1,236,571 $ 64,783,955 3,388
MADOES 162,306 1,189,703 $ 62,328,540 3,259
STARLING 160,040 1,173,093 $ 61,458,342 3,214
HEATHER {AND EXT} 140,274 1,028,208 $ 53,867,817 2,817
BUCHAN 137,384 1,007,025 $ 52,758,040 2,759
Ythan 136,650 1,001,645 $ 52,476,182 2,744
JUDY 123,075 902,140 $ 47,263,115 2,472
GUILLEMOT NW 118,453 868,260 $ 45,488,141 2,379
DEVENICK 115,129 843,896 $ 44,211,711 2,312
BRITANNIA 112,895 827,520 $ 43,353,773 2,267
HOWE 112,395 823,855 $ 43,161,763 2,257
BROOM 108,373 794,374 $ 41,617,254 2,176
BLANE 108,165 792,849 $ 41,537,359 2,172
ANDREW 108,088 792,285 $ 41,507,811 2,171

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TWEEDSMUIR SOUTH 107,030 784,530 $ 41,101,527 2,149
JOANNE 106,977 784,141 $ 41,081,147 2,148
ROCHELLE 104,000 762,320 $ 39,937,945 2,089
BRUCE 102,782 753,392 $ 39,470,207 2,064
THELMA 102,180 748,979 $ 39,239,010 2,052
TIFFANY 100,630 737,618 $ 38,643,807 2,021
BRENDA 97,056 711,420 $ 37,271,294 1,949
MACCULLOCH 96,488 707,257 $ 37,053,194 1,938
GROUSE 93,645 686,418 $ 35,961,439 1,881
BLACKBIRD 93,528 685,560 $ 35,916,488 1,878
HIGHLANDER 92,261 676,273 $ 35,429,942 1,853
FULMAR 91,563 671,157 $ 35,161,915 1,839
CLAPHAM 87,298 639,894 $ 33,524,047 1,753
LOCHRANZA 85,192 624,457 $ 32,715,302 1,711
DUNLIN 84,618 620,250 $ 32,494,898 1,699
GUILLEMOT W 83,569 612,561 $ 32,092,071 1,678
CAUSEWAY 79,897 585,645 $ 30,681,942 1,605
CORMORANT EAST 78,386 574,569 $ 30,101,670 1,574
BURGHLEY 74,937 549,288 $ 28,777,198 1,505
BRAE CENTRAL 72,003 527,782 $ 27,650,499 1,446
Godwin 70,440 516,325 $ 27,050,267 1,415
DUART 69,378 508,541 $ 26,642,463 1,393
PENGUIN WEST 68,980 505,623 $ 26,489,589 1,385
DEVERON 68,277 500,470 $ 26,219,623 1,371
EVEREST 67,492 494,716 $ 25,918,171 1,355
MERGANSER 66,659 488,610 $ 25,598,278 1,339
LYELL 65,555 480,518 $ 25,174,338 1,316
GOOSANDER 65,260 478,356 $ 25,061,071 1,311
AFFLECK 64,898 475,702 $ 24,922,028 1,303
MALLARD 64,733 474,493 $ 24,858,688 1,300
MAULE 63,461 465,169 $ 24,370,204 1,274
EIDER 63,222 463,417 $ 24,278,417 1,270
BOA 63,064 462,259 $ 24,217,749 1,266
AUK NORTH 62,175 455,743 $ 23,876,376 1,249
TEAL 59,690 437,528 $ 22,922,092 1,199
WOOD 57,920 424,554 $ 22,242,384 1,163
TONTO 53,260 390,396 $ 20,452,846 1,070
SCAPA 52,110 381,966 $ 20,011,199 1,046
SAXON 52,010 381,233 $ 19,972,797 1,044
FIONN 50,212 368,054 $ 19,282,349 1,008
ELLON 49,718 364,433 $ 19,092,645 998
HUDSON 49,177 360,467 $ 18,884,866 988

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SEYMOUR 48,650 356,605 $ 18,682,536 977
MONAN 45,900 336,447 $ 17,626,458 922
AUK 43,407 318,173 $ 16,669,083 872
CURLEW C 43,178 316,495 $ 16,581,173 867
KINGFISHER 42,476 311,349 $ 16,311,574 853
Galia 42,431 311,019 $ 16,294,285 852
BRAEMAR 42,073 308,395 $ 16,156,814 845
OSPREY 41,570 304,708 $ 15,963,652 835
CLYDE 41,448 303,814 $ 15,916,815 832
ARBROATH 41,371 303,249 $ 15,887,215 831
ORION 40,990 300,457 $ 15,740,942 823
Alma 39,429 289,015 $ 15,141,496 792
COLUMBA BD 35,505 260,252 $ 13,634,602 713
JAMES 34,398 252,137 $ 13,209,457 691
BALMORAL 31,907 233,878 $ 12,252,868 641
RHUM 31,290 229,356 $ 12,015,961 628
WELTON 31,280 229,282 $ 12,012,084 628
SCOTER 31,220 228,843 $ 11,989,085 627
GRANT 30,694 224,987 $ 11,787,069 616
JURA 29,895 219,130 $ 11,480,221 600
GANNET D 28,777 210,935 $ 11,050,885 578
NICOL 28,430 208,392 $ 10,917,657 571
BUCKLAND 28,406 208,216 $ 10,908,436 570
FALCON 28,041 205,541 $ 10,768,293 563
FLEMING 26,609 195,044 $ 10,218,355 534
Cladhan 25,575 187,465 $ 9,821,291 514
PICT 24,640 180,611 $ 9,462,210 495
BRAE NORTH 24,450 179,219 $ 9,389,283 491
BIRCH 24,337 178,390 $ 9,345,852 489
HERON 23,917 175,312 $ 9,184,596 480
TARTAN 23,810 174,527 $ 9,143,470 478
TWEEDSMUIR 23,490 172,182 $ 9,020,615 472
SINGLETON 23,350 171,156 $ 8,966,863 469
CURLEW 22,218 162,858 $ 8,532,131 446
DOUGLAS WEST 21,388 156,774 $ 8,213,390 430
MARNOCK 20,636 151,262 $ 7,924,616 414
LOMOND 18,787 137,709 $ 7,214,575 377
BRAE EAST 18,511 135,686 $ 7,108,590 372
BRENT 16,884 123,760 $ 6,483,786 339
STRATHSPEY 16,720 122,558 $ 6,420,814 336
STOCKBRIDGE 16,700 122,411 $ 6,413,112 335
KEITH 16,582 121,546 $ 6,367,795 333

13. 13
SKENE 14,970 109,730 $ 5,748,755 301
STIRLING 14,350 105,186 $ 5,510,695 288
SYCAMORE 13,100 96,023 $ 5,030,645 263
HUMBLY GROVE 12,966 95,041 $ 4,979,198 260
MERLIN 11,168 81,861 $ 4,288,698 224
COLUMBA E 10,210 74,839 $ 3,920,815 205
LARCH 9,811 71,915 $ 3,767,627 197
ROSS 9,410 68,975 $ 3,613,600 189
CONRIE 8,680 63,624 $ 3,333,261 174
MARIA 8,278 60,678 $ 3,178,920 166
Solitaire 8,230 60,326 $ 3,160,479 165
HORNDEAN 7,135 52,300 $ 2,739,997 143
MONTROSE 6,940 50,870 $ 2,665,079 139
DRAKE 6,851 50,218 $ 2,630,921 138
DUNLIN SOUTH WEST 6,512 47,733 $ 2,500,732 131
BEAULY 6,160 45,153 $ 2,365,566 124
GLENTWORTH 5,770 42,294 $ 2,215,783 116
SCAMPTON NORTH 5,380 39,435 $ 2,066,000 108
WAREHAM 4,890 35,844 $ 1,877,867 98
ISLAY 4,748 34,803 $ 1,823,329 95
BECKINGHAM 4,719 34,590 $ 1,812,170 95
BEINN 4,609 33,784 $ 1,769,944 93
BLETCHINGLEY 4,403 32,274 $ 1,690,835 88
BARDOLINO 4,335 31,776 $ 1,664,745 87
LENNOX 4,291 31,453 $ 1,647,823 86
GAINSBOROUGH 4,213 30,881 $ 1,617,856 85
COLD HANWORTH 4,113 30,148 $ 1,579,454 83
MEDWIN 4,052 29,701 $ 1,556,035 81
NESS 3,440 25,215 $ 1,321,014 69
LONG CLAWSON 3,338 24,468 $ 1,281,879 67
AVINGTON 3,089 22,642 $ 1,186,214 62
GANNET C 3,056 22,400 $ 1,173,536 61
WEST FIRSBY 3,040 22,283 $ 1,167,406 61
PALMERS WOOD 2,800 20,524 $ 1,075,252 56
ENOCH 2,783 20,399 $ 1,068,704 56
KIMMERIDGE 2,217 16,251 $ 851,390 45
STORRINGTON 1,920 14,074 $ 737,337 39
BOTHAMSALL 1,704 12,490 $ 654,351 34
LEVEN 1,689 12,380 $ 648,588 34
EAST GLENTWORTH 1,534 11,244 $ 589,073 31
CROSBY WARREN 1,395 10,225 $ 535,688 28
KEDDINGTON 1,284 9,412 $ 493,095 26

14. 14
CORRINGHAM 1,276 9,353 $ 490,004 26
GOODWORTH 1,157 8,481 $ 444,320 23
BROCKHAM 970 7,110 $ 372,493 19
CARNOUSTIE 918 6,729 $ 352,532 18
FISKERTON AIRFIELD 692 5,072 $ 265,722 14
ARKWRIGHT 691 5,065 $ 265,355 14
LIDSEY 671 4,918 $ 257,654 13
WEST BECKINGHAM 670 4,911 $ 257,287 13
NETHAN 650 4,765 $ 249,638 13
BEATRICE 639 4,684 $ 245,395 13
REMPSTONE 540 3,958 $ 207,360 11
FARLEYS WOOD 535 3,922 $ 205,474 11
EGMANTON 522 3,826 $ 200,444 10
WHISBY 450 $ -
NETTLEHAM 210 1,539 $ 80,628 4
STAINTON 210 1,539 $ 80,628 4
MIRREN 180 1,319 $ 69,102 4
HAWKINS 160 1,173 $ 61,453 3
SOUTH LEVERTON 140 1,026 $ 53,752 3
BRECHIN 131 960 $ 50,294 3
NEWTON ON TRENT 60 440 $ 23,052 1
Note: Oil price per barrel $52.39 is taken from BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016 page 14.
No attempt has been made to determine the quality of oil in each field and to adjust accordingly.
Sales value is therefore an approximation based on an average price for Brent Crude in 2015.

15. 15
8,151,738
2,196,393
2,057,166
1,436,871
1,402,852
1,288,250
1,163,192
969,913
905,453
883,957
778,510
667,605
588,051
570,585
547,642
488,630
469,715
452,831
447,225
440,810
North Sea Oil Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2015
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2016 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

16. 16
7,717,830
1,907,040
1,764,720
1,149,840
880,520
870,140
831,890
831,590
675,680
643,860
576,710
568,680
566,000
561,820
522,290
499,360
479,480
427,590
420,820
392,820
North Sea Oil Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2014
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2015 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

17. 17
9,083,080
1,980,790
1,570,450
1,357,160
911,490
823,250
583,650
545,100
540,710
540,300
527,950
525,690
465,400
460,800
440,820
435,490
435,260
435,090
432,070
417,740
North Sea Oil Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2013
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 June 2014 https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

18. 18
9,141,111.
3,042,652.
2,658,105.
2,261,638.
1,969,389.
1,967,289.
1,758,758.
1,580,382.
1,305,929.
1,147,195.
935,532.
902,296.
894,182.
815,792.
803,324.
786,257.
649,057.
617,742.
611,349.
582,291.
UKCS Oil Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2009

19. 19
Oil Production by Company:
Equity Holder Tonnes
2015
Production
(Barrels) Value $
2015 Production
(Barrels/day)
NEXEN PETROLEUM U.K. LIMITED 5,120,578 37,533,837 $ 1,966,397,720 102,832
BP 3,671,052 26,908,811 $ 1,409,752,608 73,723
MAERSK OIL NORTH SEA UK LIMITED 3,434,771 25,176,871 $ 1,319,016,272 68,978
SUNCOR ENERGY UK LIMITED 3,131,732 22,955,596 $ 1,202,643,674 62,892
BG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2,843,606 20,843,632 $ 1,091,997,880 57,106
APACHE 2,816,108 20,642,072 $ 1,081,438,152 56,554
SHELL U.K. LIMITED 2,456,285 18,004,569 $ 943,259,370 49,328
TAQA BRATANI LIMITED 2,215,098 16,236,668 $ 850,639,037 44,484
CHEVRON NORTH SEA LIMITED 2,001,666 14,672,212 $ 768,677,187 40,198
TALISMAN SINOPEC ENERGY UK LTD 1,655,171 12,132,403 $ 635,616,593 33,239
ESSO E&P UK LIMITED 1,465,033 10,738,692 $ 562,600,074 29,421
CONOCOPHILLIPS (U.K.) LIMITED 1,246,726 9,138,502 $ 478,766,120 25,037
TOTAL E&P UK LIMITED 1,167,692 8,559,182 $ 448,415,545 23,450
ENQUEST 1,128,552 8,272,286 $ 433,385,064 22,664
DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED 1,049,427 7,692,300 $ 402,999,597 21,075
ENI 1,032,360 7,567,199 $ 396,445,556 20,732
CNR 1,029,931 7,549,394 $ 395,512,752 20,683
PREMIER OIL UK LIMITED 707,634 5,186,957 $ 271,744,677 14,211
MARATHON OIL U.K. LLC 640,181 4,692,527 $ 245,841,490 12,856
CENTRICA 627,493 4,599,524 $ 240,969,062 12,601
DYAS EOG LIMITED 578,193 4,238,155 $ 222,036,940 11,611
ITHACA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 549,827 4,030,232 $ 211,143,854 11,042
JX NIPPON E & P (U.K.) LIMITED 514,979 3,774,796 $ 197,761,562 10,342
PERENCO UK LIMITED 394,626 2,892,609 $ 151,543,786 7,925
ENDEAVOUR ENERGY UK LIMITED 298,221 2,185,960 $ 114,522,444 5,989
E.ON E&P UK LIMITED 241,171 1,767,783 $ 92,614,151 4,843
TRANSWORLD PETROLEUM (U.K.) LTD 177,008 1,297,469 $ 67,974,401 3,555
GDF SUEZ E&P UK LTD 176,439 1,293,298 $ 67,755,882 3,543
FIRST OIL 158,567 1,162,296 $ 60,892,687 3,184
MOL OPERATIONS UK LTD 153,764 1,127,090 $ 59,048,245 3,088
IGAS ENERGY plc 120,314 881,902 $ 46,202,846 2,416
NORECO OIL (UK) LIMITED 117,610 862,081 $ 45,164,424 2,362
STATOIL (U.K.) LIMITED 113,493 831,904 $ 43,583,451 2,279
IDEMITSU PETROLEUM UK LTD. 105,579 773,894 $ 40,544,307 2,120
FAIRFIELD 100,708 738,190 $ 38,673,774 2,022
MITSUI E&P UK LIMITED 98,918 725,069 $ 37,986,365 1,986
IONA UK HUNTINGTON LIMITED 88,208 646,565 $ 33,873,540 1,771
MARUBENI OIL & GAS (U.K.) LIMITED 80,999 593,723 $ 31,105,148 1,627
EDISON E&P UK LTD 79,039 579,356 $ 30,352,461 1,587
ATLANTIC PETROLEUM NORTH SEA LTD 66,621 488,332 $ 25,583,713 1,338
SOJITZ ENERGY PROJECT LIMITED 63,412 464,810 $ 24,351,396 1,273

20. 20
ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE HANZE 50,053 366,888 $ 19,221,262 1,005
MCX 43,160 316,363 $ 16,574,258 867
PARKMEAD (E&P) LIMITED 41,430 303,682 $ 15,909,900 832
FAROE PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 40,654 297,994 $ 15,611,906 816
SERICA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 37,853 277,462 $ 14,536,234 760
VERUS PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) LTD 37,824 277,250 $ 14,525,128 760
SUMMIT E&P LIMITED 35,854 262,810 $ 13,768,616 720
Antrim Resources Limited 34,947 256,162 $ 13,420,327 702
OMV (U.K.) LIMITED 33,700 247,021 $ 12,941,430 677
SPIKE EXPLORATION UK LTD 31,072 227,758 $ 11,932,242 624
TRAP OIL LTD 31,072 227,758 $ 11,932,242 624
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Explorn Coy 28,651 210,012 $ 11,002,529 575
BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM GB LTD 21,723 159,230 $ 8,342,060 436
ZEUS PETROLEUM LIMITED 20,715 151,841 $ 7,954,950 416
RIGEL PETROLEUM (NI) LIMITED 15,980 117,133 $ 6,136,598 321
IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 15,645 114,678 $ 6,007,980 314
NOBLE ENERGY (OILEX) LIMITED 13,508 99,014 $ 5,187,343 271
INEOS UK SNS LIMITED 13,010 95,363 $ 4,996,068 261
HUMBLY GROVE ENERGY LIMITED 12,966 95,041 $ 4,979,198 260
CIECO E&P (UK) LIMITED 12,673 92,893 $ 4,866,664 255
EQ PETROLEUM SABAH LTD 8,011 58,721 $ 3,076,393 161
EUROPA OIL & GAS LIMITED 4,435 32,509 $ 1,703,147 89
EGDON RESOURCES U.K. LIMITED 2,398 17,577 $ 920,859 48
BRIDGE ENERGY (SNS) LIMITED 977 7,161 $ 375,165 20
ANGUS ENERGY WEALD BASIN NO.3 LTD 918 6,729 $ 352,532 18
DART ENERGY LIMITED 737 5,402 $ 283,011 15
UKOG (GB) LIMITED 714 5,234 $ 274,209 14
CIRQUE ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 692 5,072 $ 265,722 14
ECORP OIL & GAS UK LIMITED 569 4,171 $ 218,519 11
ONSHORE PRODUCTION SERVICES LTD 535 3,922 $ 205,474 11
TERRAIN ENERGY LIMITED 521 3,819 $ 200,077 10
STERLING RESOURCES (UK) PLC 512 3,753 $ 196,620 10
BLACKLAND PARK EXPLORATION LTD 450 3,299 $ 172,835 9
EDINBURGH OIL & GAS LIMITED 429 3,145 $ 164,767 9
IS E&P Limited 308 2,258 $ 118,297 6
AURORA EXPLORATION 257 1,884 $ 98,703 5
DORIEMUS PLC 231 1,693 $ 88,696 5
BROCKHAM CAPITAL LIMITED 164 1,202 $ 62,973 3
Northern Petroleum 154 1,129 $ 59,148 3
NAUTICAL PETROLEUM LIMITED 128 938 $ 49,142 3
ALTAQUEST ENERGY CORP (UK) LTD 60 440 $ 23,052 1
44,314,482 324,825,159 17,017,590,083 889,928
Note: Oil price ($52.39) is taken from BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016 page 14. No
attempt has been made to determine the quality of oil in each field and to adjust accordingly. Sales
value is therefore an approximation based on an average Brent price for 2015.

21. 21
8,151,738
2,196,393
2,057,166
1,436,871
1,402,852
1,288,250
1,163,192
969,913
905,453
883,957
778,510
667,605
588,051
570,585
547,642
488,630
469,715
452,831
447,225
440,810
North Sea Oil Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2015
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2016 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

22. 22
4,350,070
2,892,368
2,861,971
2,470,360
2,335,090
2,370,321
1,992,321
1,615,464
1,604,522
1,456,990
1,426,529
1,173,543
1,150,097
986,743
922,963
840,078
806,071
674,090
633,852
481,906
NEXENPETROLEUM
APACHE
BGINTERNATIONALLIMITED
TAQABRATANILIMITED
SUNCORENERGYUKLIMITED
BP
MAERSKOILNORTHSEA
SHELLU.K.LIMITED
CHEVRONNORTHSEALIMITED
CONOCOPHILLIPS(U.K.)LIMITED
TALISMANSINOPEC
ENI
ENQUEST
TOTALE&PUKLIMITED
ESSOE&PUKLIMITED
CNR
DANAPETROLEUM(E&P)LIMITED
PREMIEROILUKLIMITED
CENTRICA
MARATHONOILU.K.LLC
UKCS Oil Output by Company
Annual Total (Tonnes) 2014
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2015 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

23. 23
4,911,022
3,056,157
2,439,068
2,741,346
2,715,841
2,107,386
1,989,035
1,584,283
1,472,437
1,135,825
1,012,529
959,022
879,647
845,612
876,672
731,156
818,904
758,549
670,194
626,095
NEXEN
APACHENORTHSEALIMITED
BP
BGGroup
SUNCORENERGYUKLIMITED
TAQABRATANI
CHEVRONNORTHSEALIMITED
TALISMANSINOPECENERGYUKLIMITED
MAERSKOIL
ENQUEST
DANAPETROLEUM
CONOCOPHILLIPS(U.K.)LIMITED
CNRINTERNATIONAL
CENTRICARESOURCESLIMITED
SHELL
TOTALE&PUKLIMITED
ESSOEXPLORATIONANDPRODUCTIONUKLIMITED
ENTERPRISEOILLIMITED
MARATHONOIL
PREMIEROIL
UKCS Oil Output by Company
Annual Total (Tonnes) 2013
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 June 2014 https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

24. 24
6,810,551
4,837,893
4,021,049
3,508,665
3,461,340
3,282,488
3,185,011
3,061,329
3,043,077
2,955,632
2,869,210
2,273,101
1,733,080
1,691,334
1,607,226
1,375,380
1,049,072
956,353
701,662
700,213
UKCS Oil Output by Company
Top 20 Annual Total (Tonnes) 2009

25. 25
Equity Holder Tonnes 2015 Tonnes 2014 Difference
MAERSK OIL 3,434,771 1,992,321 1,442,450
BP 3,671,052 2,370,321 1,300,731
SHELL 2,456,285 1,615,464 840,821
SUNCOR ENERGY UK LIMITED 3,131,732 2,335,090 796,642
NEXEN 5,120,578 4,350,070 770,508
ESSO E & P UK LIMITED 1,465,033 922,963 542,070
DYAS UK LIMITED 578,193 64,417 513,776
CHEVRON NORTH SEA LIMITED 2,001,666 1,604,522 397,144
JX NIPPON E&P (U.K.) LIMITED 514,979 206,231 308,748
TOTAL E&P UK LIMITED 1,167,692 894,835 272,857
DANA PETROLEUM 1,049,427 806,071 243,356
TALISMAN SINOPEC ENERGY UK LTD 1,655,171 1,426,529 228,642
CNR INTERNATIONAL 1,029,931 840,078 189,853
MARATHON OIL 640,181 481,906 158,275
ITHACA 549,827 463,468 86,359
GDF SUEZ E&P UK LTD 176,439 94,850 81,589
EDISON E&P UK LTD 79,039 - 79,039
MARUBENI OIL & GAS 80,999 27,997 53,002
ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE HANZE (UK) LIMITED 50,053 - 50,053
E.ON E&P 241,171 200,350 40,821
SERICA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 37,853 - 37,853
VERUS PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) LTD 37,824 37,824
PREMIER OIL 707,634 674,090 33,544
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Explorn Coy 28,651 - 28,651
TRANSWORLD PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 177,008 148,923 28,085
SUMMIT PETROLEUM 35,854 19,375 16,479
IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 15,645 1,625 14,020
INEOS UK SNS LIMITED 13,010 13,010
IDEMITSU PETROLEUM UK LTD. 105,579 94,105 11,474
Antrim Resources Limited 34,947 27,488 7,459
FAROE PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 40,654 34,728 5,926
RIGEL PETROLEUM (NI) LIMITED 15,980 10,570 5,410
NORECO OIL (UK) LIMITED 117,610 113,736 3,874
IONA UK HUNTINGTON LIMITED 88,208 85,302 2,906
STERLING RESOURCES (UK) PLC 512 512
BLACKLAND PARK EXPLORATION LIMITED 450 - 450
NAUTICAL PETROLEUM LIMITED 128 128
ONSHORE PRODUCTION SERVICES LIMITED 535 420 115
ALTAQUEST ENERGY CORP (UK) LTD 60 60
DORIEMUS PLC 231 215 16
DART ENERGY LIMITED 737 726 11
ECORP OIL & GAS UK LIMITED 569 560 9

26. 26
EWE VERTRIEB GMBH 0 - 0
WINTERSHALL 0 - 0
SCHIEHALLION OIL & GAS LIMITED 0 - 0
PALADIN RESOURCES 0 - 0
MURPHY PETROLEUM LIMITED 0 - 0
NORTH SEA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 0 - 0
IS NV Limited 0 - 0
FINA EXPLORATION LIMITED 0 - 0
Northern Petroleum plc 154 155 -1
IS E&P Limited 308 310 -2
BROCKHAM CAPITAL LIMITED 164 170 -6
DORSET EXPLORATION 0 25 -25
UKOG (GB) LIMITED 714 744 -30
UK OIL & GAS INVESTMENTS plc 0 40 -40
AURORA EXPLORATION 257 304 -47
TERRAIN ENERGY LIMITED 521 572 -51
CAIRN ENERGY plc 0 60 -60
NIPPON OIL 0 139 -139
ANGUS ENERGY 918 1,065 -147
ALBA RESOURCES LIMITED 0 148 -148
BRIDGE ENERGY 977 1,135 -158
EGDON RESOURCES 2,398 2,849 -451
BHP BILLITON 21,723 22,588 -865
EUROPA OIL & GAS LIMITED 4,435 5,400 -965
CIRQUE ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 692 1,880 -1,188
OMV (U.K.) LIMITED 33,700 35,132 -1,432
EQ PETROLEUM SABAH LTD 8,011 10,566 -2,555
ZEUS PETROLEUM LIMITED 20,715 24,058 -3,343
SPIKE EXPLORATION UK LTD 31,072 36,087 -5,015
TRAP OIL LTD 31,072 36,087 -5,015
HUMBLY GROVE ENERGY LIMITED 12,966 18,740 -5,774
CENTRICA RESOURCES LIMITED 627,493 633,852 -6,359
PARKMEAD (E&P) LIMITED 41,430 48,116 -6,686
Igas Energy plc 120,314 128,363 -8,049
ATLANTIC PETROLEUM UK LIMITED 66,621 77,555 -10,934
NOBLE ENERGY (OILEX) LIMITED 13,508 24,535 -11,027
MOL OPERATIONS UK LIMITED 153,764 164,963 -11,199
RWE DEA UK SNS LIMITED 0 14,541 -14,541
CIECO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (UK) LTD 12,673 29,654 -16,981
BG Group 2,843,606 2,861,971 -18,365
FIRST OIL AND GAS 158,567 178,849 -20,282
ENQUEST 1,128,552 1,150,097 -21,545
SOJITZ ENERGY PROJECT LIMITED 63,412 86,921 -23,509
ROC OIL (GB) LIMITED 0 24,101 -24,101

27. 27
PERENCO 394,626 421,160 -26,534
MITSUI E&P UK LIMITED 98,918 127,140 -28,222
STATOIL (U.K.) LIMITED 113,493 149,688 -36,195
VALIANT EXPLORATION LIMITED 0 49,942 -49,942
MCX (MITSUBISHI) 43,160 99,843 -56,683
ENDEAVOUR ENERGY UK LIMITED 298,221 369,312 -71,091
APACHE NORTH SEA LIMITED 2,816,108 2,892,368 -76,260
FAIRFIELD 100,708 232,967 -132,259
ENI 1,032,360 1,173,543 -141,183
CONOCOPHILLIPS (U.K.) LIMITED 1,246,726 1,456,990 -210,264
TAQA BRATANI 2,215,098 2,470,360 -255,262
EDINBURGH OIL & GAS LIMITED 429 403,600 -403,171
44,314,482 37,378,031 6,936,451

28. 28
1,442,450
1,300,731
840,821
796,642
770,508
542,070
513,776
397,144
308,748
272,857
-36,195
-49,942
-56,683
-71,091
-76,260
-132,259
-141,183
-210,264
-255,262
-403,171
MAERSKOIL
BP
SHELL
SUNCORENERGYUKLIMITED
NEXEN
ESSOE&PUKLIMITED
DYASUKLIMITED
CHEVRONNORTHSEALIMITED
JXNIPPONE&P(U.K.)LIMITED
TOTALE&PUKLIMITED
STATOIL(U.K.)LIMITED
VALIANTEXPLORATIONLIMITED
MCX(MITSUBISHI)
ENDEAVOURENERGYUKLIMITED
APACHENORTHSEALIMITED
FAIRFIELD
ENI
CONOCOPHILLIPS(U.K.)LIMITED
TAQABRATANI
EDINBURGHOIL&GASLIMITED
UKCS Oil Output by Company
Production Change in Tonnes 2015v2014
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 May 2015 https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm and
Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 June2016 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

29. 29
4) Gas Production
Gas Production by Field 2015 (000’s Cubic Meters)
Field CuM 000's MM BTUs Value $
ROUGH STORAGE 2,811,737 99,295,555 $ 648,399,974
FRANKLIN 2,567,985 90,687,534 $ 592,189,597
BRITANNIA 1,768,825 62,465,465 $ 407,899,486
JASMINE 1,616,517 57,086,759 $ 372,776,536
LENNOX 1,139,368 40,236,401 $ 262,743,699
BREAGH 1,081,875 38,206,055 $ 249,485,539
MORECAMBE SOUTH 1,056,279 37,302,141 $ 243,582,981
RHUM 902,731 31,879,644 $ 208,174,075
SEAN 868,179 30,659,452 $ 200,206,222
LEMAN {SHELL} 866,038 30,583,843 $ 199,712,495
WINGATE 849,202 29,989,286 $ 195,830,038
JURA 835,791 29,515,681 $ 192,737,397
BRUCE 783,690 27,675,751 $ 180,722,654
CLIPPER SOUTH 766,604 27,072,365 $ 176,782,543
BRODGAR 714,465 25,231,093 $ 164,759,037
ROCHELLE 670,854 23,690,985 $ 154,702,132
NEVIS 632,726 22,344,508 $ 145,909,637
LEMAN PERENCO 626,805 22,135,410 $ 144,544,227
ALWYN NORTH 611,268 21,586,726 $ 140,961,321
JADE 596,396 21,061,526 $ 137,531,765
BERYL 581,997 20,553,030 $ 134,211,286
BANFF 541,501 19,122,927 $ 124,872,713
CHISWICK 518,999 18,328,277 $ 119,683,649
SHEARWATER 517,422 18,272,585 $ 119,319,980
DEVENICK 499,670 17,645,680 $ 115,226,290
STARLING 490,985 17,338,972 $ 113,223,487
CARRACK 486,370 17,175,994 $ 112,159,241
STATFJORD 472,674 16,692,325 $ 109,000,882
BABBAGE 454,389 16,046,596 $ 104,784,272
BARQUE 434,580 15,347,048 $ 100,216,223
GALLEON 422,124 14,907,168 $ 97,343,807
JUDY 413,092 14,588,206 $ 95,260,985
LEMAN SOUTH 411,799 14,542,544 $ 94,962,812
EVEREST 395,426 13,964,337 $ 91,187,121
BUZZARD 381,423 13,469,826 $ 87,957,964
WEST SOLE 378,351 13,361,339 $ 87,249,544
INDE PERENCO 361,702 12,773,386 $ 83,410,211
BRAE EAST 319,996 11,300,552 $ 73,792,605
GROVE 319,898 11,297,091 $ 73,770,004
ELGIN 318,265 11,239,422 $ 73,393,426
ERIS 303,781 10,727,925 $ 70,053,350
ERSKINE 300,034 10,595,601 $ 69,189,275
DUNBAR 299,936 10,592,140 $ 69,166,674
SATURN {ATLAS, HYPERION, RHEA} 298,306 10,534,577 $ 68,790,788
FLEMING 290,272 10,250,859 $ 66,938,109

30. 30
ANDREW 286,251 10,108,859 $ 66,010,849
RHYL 263,321 9,299,093 $ 60,723,077
MAGNUS 258,650 9,134,139 $ 59,645,928
YORK 251,043 8,865,500 $ 57,891,715
GRANT 250,633 8,851,021 $ 57,797,167
LOMOND 249,581 8,813,870 $ 57,554,571
RAVENSPURN SOUTH 246,621 8,709,338 $ 56,871,977
PIERCE 240,919 8,507,974 $ 55,557,070
PENGUIN EAST 239,303 8,450,906 $ 55,184,416
MERGANSER 234,391 8,277,440 $ 54,051,683
BOULTON 223,127 7,879,656 $ 51,454,154
BRAEMAR 217,410 7,677,762 $ 50,135,786
RAVENSPURN NORTH 213,555 7,541,624 $ 49,246,805
MINERVA 206,615 7,296,540 $ 47,646,406
SCOTER 202,374 7,146,770 $ 46,668,408
CALDER 202,003 7,133,669 $ 46,582,859
HEWETT 198,593 7,013,246 $ 45,796,496
JOANNE 195,416 6,901,051 $ 45,063,863
FOINAVEN 191,189 6,751,776 $ 44,089,097
CLIPPER 174,840 6,174,416 $ 40,318,936
CARAVEL 166,224 5,870,145 $ 38,332,047
KEW 166,028 5,863,223 $ 38,286,846
SKENE 165,751 5,853,441 $ 38,222,970
KETCH 165,299 5,837,479 $ 38,118,738
GRYPHON 159,411 5,629,546 $ 36,760,935
JULIET 159,309 5,625,944 $ 36,737,414
MURDOCH 157,110 5,548,287 $ 36,230,314
HUMBLY GROVE 153,498 5,420,731 $ 35,397,373
VICTOR 152,503 5,385,593 $ 35,167,922
MURDOCHK 151,515 5,350,702 $ 34,940,084
BRIGANTINEA 148,759 5,253,375 $ 34,304,539
KILMAR 148,096 5,229,961 $ 34,151,645
MARNOCK 147,446 5,207,006 $ 34,001,749
ISLAY 146,703 5,180,768 $ 33,830,415
KINGFISHER 146,083 5,158,872 $ 33,687,434
FORVIE 145,084 5,123,593 $ 33,457,062
WHITTLE 143,966 5,084,111 $ 33,199,245
BRAE NORTH 133,467 4,713,343 $ 30,778,130
BRENT 132,972 4,695,862 $ 30,663,979
KINNOULL 131,916 4,658,570 $ 30,420,462
MACHAR 128,909 4,552,378 $ 29,727,028
CUTTER 127,520 4,503,326 $ 29,406,719
APOLLO 126,138 4,454,521 $ 29,088,022
STRATHSPEY 125,430 4,429,519 $ 28,924,759
FORTIES 117,330 4,143,470 $ 27,056,859
MORECAMBE NORTH 116,895 4,128,108 $ 26,956,545
NEPTUNE 116,590 4,117,337 $ 26,886,211
BALLOCH 113,573 4,010,793 $ 26,190,478
SKIFF 111,577 3,940,305 $ 25,730,192
SCHOONER 110,174 3,890,758 $ 25,406,650
MILLOM 107,954 3,812,360 $ 24,894,711
HUNTINGTON 105,821 3,737,033 $ 24,402,825

31. 31
VULCAN 105,513 3,726,156 $ 24,331,799
AMETHYST E 101,549 3,586,169 $ 23,417,684
GOLDEN EAGLE 99,181 3,502,544 $ 22,871,612
CERES 97,730 3,451,302 $ 22,537,002
CURLEW 96,444 3,405,888 $ 22,240,449
BRIGANTINEB 94,414 3,334,199 $ 21,772,319
ELLON 92,541 3,268,055 $ 21,340,399
TELFORD 90,589 3,199,120 $ 20,890,254
HOTON 87,901 3,104,195 $ 20,270,393
BELL 87,746 3,098,721 $ 20,234,648
GANNET A 87,430 3,087,561 $ 20,161,773
MALORY 86,831 3,066,408 $ 20,023,644
JOHNSTON 86,802 3,065,384 $ 20,016,958
MUNGO 85,193 3,008,562 $ 19,645,910
HAMILTON 82,581 2,916,320 $ 19,043,570
DRAKE 80,174 2,831,318 $ 18,488,507
ENSIGN 79,357 2,802,466 $ 18,300,103
BRAE SOUTH 77,514 2,737,381 $ 17,875,098
SCOTT 74,936 2,646,340 $ 17,280,600
COOK 70,210 2,479,443 $ 16,190,763
TRENT 69,898 2,468,425 $ 16,118,815
CAVENDISH 67,542 2,385,223 $ 15,575,506
LANCELOT 65,138 2,300,327 $ 15,021,135
SEYMOUR 64,565 2,280,091 $ 14,888,994
VALIANT SOUTH 62,758 2,216,278 $ 14,472,295
HUNTER 62,185 2,196,043 $ 14,340,161
THELMA 62,036 2,190,781 $ 14,305,800
CLAYMORE 61,961 2,188,132 $ 14,288,502
BRIGANTINEC 61,397 2,168,215 $ 14,158,444
RITA 59,192 2,090,346 $ 13,649,959
ALBA 58,485 2,065,378 $ 13,486,918
CLAIR 57,933 2,045,885 $ 13,359,629
SHAMROCK 56,159 1,983,236 $ 12,950,531
GANNET F 55,324 1,953,749 $ 12,757,981
NINIAN 54,800 1,935,244 $ 12,637,143
EXCALIBUR 54,504 1,924,791 $ 12,568,885
HYDE 54,291 1,917,269 $ 12,519,767
BAIRD 54,063 1,909,217 $ 12,467,187
CORMORANT SOUTH 53,557 1,891,348 $ 12,350,502
AFFLECK 53,270 1,881,212 $ 12,284,314
ANNABEL 52,322 1,847,734 $ 12,065,703
VALIANT NORTH 51,802 1,829,370 $ 11,945,786
CALLANISH 51,395 1,814,997 $ 11,851,930
VIKINGB 51,189 1,807,722 $ 11,804,425
HARDING 51,107 1,804,827 $ 11,785,520
SALTFLEETBY 50,778 1,793,208 $ 11,709,648
DOUGLAS 50,686 1,789,959 $ 11,688,432
CAPTAIN 50,577 1,786,110 $ 11,663,298
BLAKE 49,628 1,752,596 $ 11,444,452
NUGGETS 49,300 1,741,013 $ 11,368,815
MADOES 48,461 1,711,384 $ 11,175,338
ORCA 48,099 1,698,600 $ 11,091,858

32. 32
CAISTER CARBONIFEROUS 47,185 1,666,323 $ 10,881,089
PICKERILL 46,418 1,639,236 $ 10,704,211
BITTERN 46,080 1,627,300 $ 10,626,269
SEVEN SEAS 44,166 1,559,708 $ 10,184,893
NELSON 43,202 1,525,664 $ 9,962,586
PENGUIN WEST 40,788 1,440,415 $ 9,405,910
CHESTNUT 40,005 1,412,763 $ 9,225,342
HOWE 39,892 1,408,773 $ 9,199,288
WENLOCK 39,694 1,401,780 $ 9,153,623
MACLURE 38,594 1,362,934 $ 8,899,959
MCADAM 37,740 1,332,776 $ 8,703,027
PIPER 37,328 1,318,226 $ 8,608,016
AMETHYST W 36,682 1,295,413 $ 8,459,047
Enochdhu 35,616 1,257,767 $ 8,213,219
THISTLE 34,901 1,232,517 $ 8,048,336
MIMAS 34,294 1,211,081 $ 7,908,359
TWEEDSMUIR SOUTH 32,840 1,159,734 $ 7,573,063
CORVETTE 32,303 1,140,770 $ 7,449,228
VICTORIA 31,871 1,125,514 $ 7,349,606
CORMORANT NORTH 29,527 1,042,736 $ 6,809,066
GALAHAD 27,779 981,006 $ 6,405,969
DELILAH 27,770 980,688 $ 6,403,893
Peregrine 26,637 940,677 $ 6,142,621
NEWSHAM 25,615 904,585 $ 5,906,940
WYTCH FARM 25,381 896,322 $ 5,852,983
AUDREY 24,352 859,983 $ 5,615,689
ETTRICK 23,798 840,418 $ 5,487,930
ANGLIA 23,736 838,229 $ 5,473,635
GUILLEMOT NW 23,733 838,123 $ 5,472,943
WOOD 23,719 837,629 $ 5,469,717
BRAE CENTRAL 23,341 824,280 $ 5,382,548
GANYMEDE 22,559 796,664 $ 5,202,216
BEINN 22,320 788,223 $ 5,147,096
FULMAR 22,137 781,761 $ 5,104,899
MONAN 22,093 780,207 $ 5,094,752
TERN 21,679 765,587 $ 4,999,283
GADWALL 21,625 763,680 $ 4,986,830
INDE SOUTH WEST 21,407 755,981 $ 4,936,556
GUILLEMOT A 21,002 741,679 $ 4,843,164
OTTER 20,145 711,414 $ 4,645,533
HERON 19,822 700,007 $ 4,571,046
HELVELLYN 19,150 676,276 $ 4,416,082
HEATHER {AND EXT} 18,801 663,951 $ 4,335,600
DONAN {MAERSK} 18,796 663,774 $ 4,334,444
GUINEVERE 18,671 659,360 $ 4,305,621
GARROW 18,191 642,409 $ 4,194,931
JANICE 17,972 634,675 $ 4,144,428
DAVY EAST 16,793 593,039 $ 3,872,545
CLEETON 16,099 568,531 $ 3,712,507
KYLE 15,372 542,857 $ 3,544,856
DAVY 15,064 531,980 $ 3,473,829
BOA 14,967 528,555 $ 3,451,464

33. 33
MARIA 14,962 528,378 $ 3,450,308
MUNRO 14,754 521,033 $ 3,402,345
BRENDA 14,313 505,459 $ 3,300,647
GANNET C 14,086 497,442 $ 3,248,296
MORDRED 14,003 494,511 $ 3,229,157
TIFFANY 13,895 490,697 $ 3,204,251
BACCHUS 13,794 487,131 $ 3,180,965
KEITH 13,750 485,577 $ 3,170,818
WEST BRAE 13,298 469,614 $ 3,066,579
BIRCH 12,853 453,899 $ 2,963,960
DON SOUTH WEST 12,369 436,807 $ 2,852,350
DALTON 12,274 433,452 $ 2,830,442
ORION 11,518 406,754 $ 2,656,104
MALLARD 11,407 402,834 $ 2,630,506
TEAL 11,043 389,980 $ 2,546,569
BLACKBIRD 10,808 381,681 $ 2,492,377
SEAN EAST 10,676 377,019 $ 2,461,934
TULLICH 10,121 357,420 $ 2,333,953
TARTAN 9,981 352,476 $ 2,301,668
BOYLE 9,723 343,365 $ 2,242,173
TWEEDSMUIR 9,505 335,666 $ 2,191,899
BUCKLAND 9,241 326,343 $ 2,131,020
Ythan 9,099 321,328 $ 2,098,272
BROOM 9,097 321,258 $ 2,097,815
Godwin 9,053 319,704 $ 2,087,667
MERCURY 8,931 315,395 $ 2,059,529
MACCULLOCH 8,692 306,955 $ 2,004,416
HAMILTON NORTH 8,467 299,009 $ 1,952,529
BLANE 8,335 294,348 $ 1,922,092
GUILLEMOT W 8,171 288,556 $ 1,884,271
LYELL 8,117 286,649 $ 1,871,818
WINDERMERE 7,923 279,798 $ 1,827,081
LOCHRANZA 7,569 267,297 $ 1,745,449
ATHENA 7,235 255,502 $ 1,668,428
SINGLETON 7,139 252,121 $ 1,646,350
GROUSE 6,950 245,437 $ 1,602,704
WEST DON 6,156 217,397 $ 1,419,602
VANGUARD 6,098 215,349 $ 1,406,229
MARKHAM 5,789 204,437 $ 1,334,974
CORMORANT EAST 5,626 198,680 $ 1,297,380
TOPAZ 5,512 194,654 $ 1,271,091
VIXEN 5,483 193,630 $ 1,264,404
BUCHAN 5,481 193,560 $ 1,263,947
EIDER 5,312 187,592 $ 1,224,976
HAWKINS 5,309 187,486 $ 1,224,284
DUNLIN 5,201 183,672 $ 1,199,378
BOULTONH 5,034 177,774 $ 1,160,864
GANNET D 4,794 169,299 $ 1,105,522
NICOL 4,783 168,910 $ 1,102,982
AUK NORTH 4,774 168,592 $ 1,100,906
ARBROATH 4,630 163,507 $ 1,067,701
GAINSBOROUGH 4,417 155,985 $ 1,018,582

34. 34
Alma 4,005 141,435 $ 923,571
CLYDE 3,970 140,199 $ 915,499
SAXON 3,782 133,560 $ 872,147
HUDSON 3,684 130,099 $ 849,546
LARCH 3,684 130,099 $ 849,546
Galia 3,481 122,930 $ 802,733
COLUMBA BD 3,399 120,035 $ 783,829
MAULE 3,373 119,116 $ 777,827
SYCAMORE 3,296 116,397 $ 760,072
BROWN 3,270 115,479 $ 754,078
CAUSEWAY 3,256 114,985 $ 750,852
DEVERON 3,212 113,431 $ 740,704
TETHYS 3,210 113,360 $ 740,241
PICT 3,201 113,042 $ 738,164
TONTO 2,872 101,424 $ 662,299
FIONN 2,842 100,364 $ 655,377
AUK 2,787 98,422 $ 642,696
PICKERING 2,719 96,021 $ 627,017
BRIGANTINED 2,637 93,125 $ 608,106
VALKYRIE 2,607 92,065 $ 601,184
GOOSANDER 2,076 73,313 $ 478,734
CLAPHAM 2,013 71,088 $ 464,205
KIRBY MISPERTON 1,970 69,570 $ 454,292
TYNE NORTH 1,872 66,109 $ 431,692
OSPREY 1,837 64,873 $ 423,621
SCAPA 1,623 57,316 $ 374,273
WELTON 1,537 54,279 $ 354,442
NESS 1,355 47,851 $ 312,467
Cladhan 1,338 47,251 $ 308,549
ROSS 1,282 45,273 $ 295,633
VISCOUNT 1,206 42,589 $ 278,106
JAMES 1,094 38,634 $ 252,280
MONTROSE 1,031 36,409 $ 237,751
BURGHLEY 1,008 35,597 $ 232,448
BARDOLINO 977 34,502 $ 225,298
FALCON 949 33,514 $ 218,846
WAVENEY 934 32,984 $ 215,386
HIGHLANDER 920 32,489 $ 212,153
DUART 898 31,713 $ 207,086
BLETCHINGLEY 635 22,425 $ 146,435
BALMORAL 622 21,966 $ 143,438
CONRIE 502 17,728 $ 115,764
DOUGLAS WEST 497 17,551 $ 114,608
MERLIN 456 16,103 $ 105,153
MEDWIN 455 16,068 $ 104,924
EUROPA 446 15,750 $ 102,848
COLUMBA E 428 15,115 $ 98,701
DUNLIN SOUTH WEST 402 14,196 $ 92,700
Soliaire 369 13,031 $ 85,092
ENOCH 367 12,960 $ 84,629
CURLEW C 344 12,148 $ 79,326
PELICAN 334 11,795 $ 77,021

35. 35
DOE GREEN 317 11,195 $ 73,103
KEDDINGTON 311 10,983 $ 71,719
BECKINGHAM 281 9,923 $ 64,797
STIRLING 272 9,606 $ 62,727
STORRINGTON 248 8,758 $ 57,190
MARISHES 233 8,228 $ 53,729
PALMERS WOOD 209 7,381 $ 48,198
MIRREN 183 6,463 $ 42,203
LEVEN 182 6,427 $ 41,968
SCAMPTON NORTH 159 5,615 $ 36,666
HORNDEAN 157 5,544 $ 36,202
KESTREL 151 5,333 $ 34,824
COLD HANWORTH 146 5,156 $ 33,669
CARNOUSTIE 145 5,121 $ 33,440
GLENTWORTH 136 4,803 $ 31,364
BEAULY 128 4,520 $ 29,516
CROSBY WARREN 127 4,485 $ 29,287
CORRINGHAM 108 3,814 $ 24,905
ARKWRIGHT 99 3,496 $ 22,829
MALTON 95 3,355 $ 21,908
NETHAN 72 2,543 $ 16,606
STOCKBRIDGE 67 2,366 $ 15,450
REMPSTONE 63 2,225 $ 14,529
BOTHAMSALL 59 2,084 $ 13,609
LONG CLAWSON 44 1,554 $ 10,148
EAST GLENTWORTH 42 1,483 $ 9,684
WEST BECKINGHAM 39 1,377 $ 8,992
BRECHIN 31 1,095 $ 7,150
AVINGTON 24 848 $ 5,537
BEATRICE 17 600 $ 3,918
SOUTH LEVERTON 11 388 $ 2,534
STAINTON 11 388 $ 2,534
EGMANTON 6 212 $ 1,384
WAREHAM 6 212 $ 1,384
GOODWORTH 2 71 $ 464
DURANGO 1 35 $ 229
HAMILTON EAST 1 35 $ 229
46,532,701 1,643,286,838 $10,730,663,041

36. 36
2,812
2,568
1,769
1,617
1,139
1,082
1,056
903
868
866
849
836
784
767
714
671
633
627
611
596
UKCS Gas Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2015
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

37. 37
2,388
2,040
1,618
1,404
1,261
1,074
1,027
924
880
796
778
699
698
644
641
615
604
587
537
527
UKCS Gas Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2014
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

38. 38
3,147
1,872
1,622
1,211
1,085
998
984
925
883
841
773
722
711
644
623
623
606
604
572
514
UKCS Gas Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2013
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

39. 39
3,074
2,713
2,088
2,007
1,722
1,566
1,495
1,461
1,382
1,206
1,092
1,074
961
960
941
830
806
806
792
739
UKCS Gas Output by Field
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2009

40. 40
Gas Production by Company 2015 (Million Cubic Metres)
Equity Holder
Total
MMm3 MM BTUs Value $
CENTRICA 6,678 235,831,344 $ 1,539,978,676
TOTAL E&P UK LTD 4,109 145,107,965 $ 947,555,011
SHELL U.K. LIMITED 3,666 129,463,568 $ 845,397,099
CONOCOPHILLIPS 3,363 118,763,224 $ 775,523,853
PERENCO UK LIMITED 3,191 112,689,101 $ 735,859,830
ESSO E & P UK LIMITED 3,179 112,265,325 $ 733,092,572
ENI UK LIMITED 2,894 102,200,645 $ 667,370,212
BG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2,476 87,439,115 $ 570,977,421
BP EXPLORATION 2,134 75,361,499 $ 492,110,588
INEOS UK SNS LIMITED 1,591 56,185,635 $ 366,892,197
CHEVRON NORTH SEA LIMITED 1,233 43,542,984 $ 284,335,686
SSE E&P UK LIMITED 1,056 37,292,288 $ 243,518,641
TAQA BRATANI LIMITED 984 34,749,632 $ 226,915,097
APACHE NORTH SEA LIMITED 945 33,372,360 $ 217,921,511
PREMIER OIL UK LIMITED 745 26,309,427 $ 171,800,558
CNR INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED 709 25,038,099 $ 163,498,786
NEXEN PETROLEUM U.K. LIMITED 619 21,859,779 $ 142,744,357
DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED 463 16,350,691 $ 106,770,012
IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 451 15,926,915 $ 104,002,755
MAERSK OIL UK LIMITED 435 15,361,880 $ 100,313,076
Wintershall Noordzee 420 14,832,160 $ 96,854,005
MARATHON OIL U.K. LLC 332 11,724,469 $ 76,560,783
GDF SUEZ E&P UK LTD 331 11,689,155 $ 76,330,182
STERLING RESOURCES LTD 325 11,477,267 $ 74,946,554
BURLINGTON RESOURCES (IRISH SEA) LIMITED 322 11,371,323 $ 74,254,739
ENDEAVOUR ENERGY UK LIMITED 315 11,124,120 $ 72,640,504
TALISMAN SINOPEC N SEA LTD 268 9,464,331 $ 61,802,081
BAYERNGAS EUROPE LIMITED 251 8,863,981 $ 57,881,796
JX NIPPON EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (U.K.) LTD 183 6,462,584 $ 42,200,674
TULLOW OIL SK LIMITED 181 6,391,955 $ 41,739,466
FAROE PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 174 6,144,752 $ 40,125,231
Gazprom Germania 170 6,003,493 $ 39,202,809
MITSUI E&P UK LIMITED 166 5,862,235 $ 38,280,395
HUMBLY GROVE ENERGY LIMITED 153 5,403,144 $ 35,282,530
EDISON E&P UK LTD 153 5,403,144 $ 35,282,530
SUNCOR ENERGY UK LIMITED 148 5,226,571 $ 34,129,509
XTO UK, LTD 132 4,661,536 $ 30,439,830
BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 130 4,590,907 $ 29,978,623
Gas-Union 127 4,484,963 $ 29,286,808
MOL OPERATIONS UK LTD 122 4,308,389 $ 28,133,780
BOWLAND RESOURCES LIMITED 104 3,672,725 $ 23,982,894
SOJITZ ENERGY PROJECT LIMITED 99 3,496,152 $ 22,829,873
ENQUEST HEATHER LIMITED 97 3,425,523 $ 22,368,665
DYAS UK LIMITED 91 3,213,635 $ 20,985,037
ITHACA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 89 3,143,005 $ 20,523,823
FIRST OIL EXPRO LIMITED 79 2,789,859 $ 18,217,779
SUMMIT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION LIMITED 63 2,224,824 $ 14,528,101
NSGP (ENSIGN) LIMITED 60 2,118,880 $ 13,836,286

41. 41
HANSA HYDROCARBONS LIMITED 57 2,012,936 $ 13,144,472
SERICA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 54 1,906,992 $ 12,452,658
WINGAS STORAGE UK LIMITED 51 1,801,048 $ 11,760,843
MARUBENI OIL & GAS (U.K.) LIMITED 49 1,730,419 $ 11,299,636
ALPHA PETROLEUM RESOURCES LIMITED 46 1,624,475 $ 10,607,822
OMV (U.K.) LIMITED 42 1,483,216 $ 9,685,400
TRANSWORLD PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 30 1,059,440 $ 6,918,143
IONA ENERGY COMPANY (UK) PLC 30 1,059,440 $ 6,918,143
VERUS PETROLEUM (SNS) LIMITED 25 882,867 $ 5,765,122
NORECO OIL (UK) LIMITED 21 741,608 $ 4,842,700
ZENNOR CNS LIMITED 18 635,664 $ 4,150,886
STATOIL (U.K.) LIMITED 17 600,349 $ 3,920,279
IDEMITSU PETROLEUM UK LTD. 14 494,405 $ 3,228,465
EGDON RESOURCES U.K. LIMITED 11 388,461 $ 2,536,650
ATLANTIC PETROLEUM NORTH SEA LIMITED 9 317,832 $ 2,075,443
CALENERGY GAS LIMITED 8 282,517 $ 1,844,836
FAIRFIELD BETULA/FAGUS LIMITED 6 211,888 $ 1,383,629
IGAS ENERGY plc 12 423,776 $ 2,767,257
ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE UK LIMITED 5 176,573 $ 1,153,022
THIRD ENERGY UK GAS LIMITED 5 176,573 $ 1,153,022
NOBLE ENERGY (OILEX) LIMITED 3 105,944 $ 691,814
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Explorn Coy 3 105,944 $ 691,814
MCX DUNLIN (UK) LIMITED 2 70,629 $ 461,207
PARKMEAD (E&P) LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
SPIKE EXPLORATION UK LTD 1 35,315 $ 230,607
TRAP OIL LTD 1 35,315 $ 230,607
CIECO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (UK) LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
RIGEL PETROLEUM (NI) LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
DART ENERGY LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
ZEUS PETROLEUM LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
EQ PETROLEUM SABAH LTD 1 35,315 $ 230,607
EOG RESOURCES UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
ECORP OIL & GAS UK LIMITED 1 35,315 $ 230,607
46,534 1,643,332,704 10,730,962,558

42. 42
6,678
4,109
3,666
3,363
3,191
3,179
2,894
2,476
2,134
1,591
1,233
1,056
984
945
745
709
619
463
451
435
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2015
Source: Adapted from DECCAnnual Dry+AssociatedGas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

43. 43
6,859
3,576
3,328
3,308
2,997
2,900
2,603
2,095
1,378
1,231
1,060
1,008
939
865
833
641
601
504
479
446
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2014
Source: Adapted from DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

44. 44
8,410
4,357
3,274
3,370
3,096
2,876
2,522
1,421
1,250
1,167
1,167
980
813
672
554
546
529
475
439
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2013
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

45. 45
6,689
6,275
5,822
5,359
5,203
4,766
4,007
2,845
2,051
1,908
1,374
1,118
999
883
833
822
784
741
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Top 20 Annual Total (MMCuM) 2009

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Change in Annual UK Gas Production (MMCuM) Co Total
Equity Holder (2015v2014)
BP EXPLORATION 904
TOTAL E&P UK LTD 533
IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 405
CNR INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED 328
ENI UK LIMITED 295
CHEVRON NORTH SEA LIMITED 294
PERENCO UK LIMITED 291
SHELL U.K. LIMITED 223
INEOS UK SNS LIMITED 213
MAERSK OIL UK LIMITED 188
WINTERSHALL NOORDZEE 116
TALISMAN SINOPEC N SEA LTD 100
ENDEAVOUR ENERGY UK LIMITED 98
JX NIPPON EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (U.K.) LTD 85
APACHE NORTH SEA LIMITED 79
DYAS UK LIMITED 54
SUNCOR ENERGY UK LIMITED 52
SSE E&P UK LIMITED 48
GAZPROM GERMANIA 47
SOJITZ ENERGY PROJECT LIMITED 37
BAYERNGAS EUROPE LIMITED 36
CONOCOPHILLIPS 35
Gas-Union 35
SUMMIT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION LIMITED 29
MOL OPERATIONS UK LTD 27
ITHACA ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 26
EDISON E&P UK LTD 24
ENQUEST HEATHER LIMITED 15
BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 15
ALPHA PETROLEUM RESOURCES LIMITED 14
TRANSWORLD PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED 13
MITSUI E&P UK LIMITED 13
MARUBENI OIL & GAS (U.K.) LIMITED 10
EGDON RESOURCES U.K. LIMITED 10
STATOIL (U.K.) LIMITED 6
ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE UK LIMITED 5
STERLING RESOURCES LTD 2
IDEMITSU PETROLEUM UK LTD. 2
DART ENERGY LIMITED 1
ECORP OIL & GAS UK LIMITED 1
EOG RESOURCES UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0
NORECO OIL (UK) LIMITED 0
IONA ENERGY COMPANY (UK) PLC 0

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NAUTICAL PETROLEUM LIMITED 0
AURORA EXPLORATION 0
LIVERPOOL BAY LIMITED 0
ENTERPRISE OIL LIMITED 0
IS E&P Limited 0
Northern Petroleum 0
ALTWOOD PETROLEUM LIMITED 0
ANGUS ENERGY WEALD BASIN NO.3 LIMITED 0
BLACKLAND PARK EXPLORATION LIMITED 0
BRITANNIA OPERATOR LIMITED 0
BROCKHAM CAPITAL LIMITED 0
CAIRN ENERGY plc 0
CAYTHORPE GAS STORAGE LIMITED 0
CIRQUE ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 0
CUADRILLA ELSWICK LIMITED 0
DONG E&P Norge AS 0
DORIEMUS PLC 0
DORSET EXPLORATION 0
ELSWICK ENERGY LIMITED 0
ELSWICK POWER LIMITED 0
MONTROSE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0
MOSAIC (TRISTAN) LIMITED 0
NOIL Energy ASA 0
ONSHORE PRODUCTION SERVICES LIMITED 0
SCOTTISHPOWER GENERATION LIMITED 0
SEVEN STAR NATURAL GAS LIMITED 0
WARWICK ENERGY LIMITED 0
YORKSHIRE EXPLORATION LIMITED 0
E.ON E&P UK LIMITED 0
BRIDGE ENERGY (SNS) LIMITED 0
UK OIL & GAS INVESTMENTS plc 0
NIPPON OIL 0
STAR ENERGY OIL & GAS LIMITED 0
EUROPA OIL & GAS LIMITED 0
TERRAIN ENERGY LIMITED 0
ALBA RESOURCES LIMITED 0
CALENERGY GAS LIMITED 0
EQ PETROLEUM SABAH LTD 0
RIGEL PETROLEUM (NI) LIMITED 0
ZEUS PETROLEUM LIMITED -1
CIECO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (UK) LIMITED -1
Antrim Resources Limited -1
EUROIL EXPLORATION LIMITED -1
SPIKE EXPLORATION UK LTD -1
TRAP OIL LTD -1
NOBLE ENERGY (OILEX) LIMITED -1
ROC OIL (GB) LIMITED -1
ATLANTIC PETROLEUM NORTH SEA LIMITED -1

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PARKMEAD (E&P) LIMITED -1
Valiant Causeway Limited -2
MCX DUNLIN (UK) LIMITED -2
THIRD ENERGY UK GAS LIMITED -3
OMV (U.K.) LIMITED -5
VERUS PETROLEUM (SNS) LIMITED -10
IGAS ENERGY plc -4
MARATHON OIL U.K. LLC -12
DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED -16
EDINBURGH OIL & GAS LIMITED -17
BOWLAND RESOURCES LIMITED -17
NSGP (ENSIGN) LIMITED -20
WINGAS STORAGE UK LIMITED -21
NEXEN PETROLEUM U.K. LIMITED -22
FAROE PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED -36
HANSA HYDROCARBONS LIMITED -51
TULLOW OIL SK LIMITED -64
BURLINGTON RESOURCES (IRISH SEA) LIMITED -70
TAQA BRATANI LIMITED -76
HUMBLY GROVE ENERGY LIMITED -82
FIRST OIL EXPRO LIMITED -90
BG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED -127
ESSO E & P UK LIMITED -129
FAIRFIELD BETULA/FAGUS LIMITED -152
CENTRICA -181
PREMIER OIL UK LIMITED -218
GDF SUEZ E&P UK LTD -269

49. 49
903,625
533,395
405,269
328,339
295,010
293,892
290,625
223,444
212,964
188,206
-69,841
-76,101
-81,930
-89,709
-126,908
-128,803
-151,750
-181,320
-218,176
-269,450
BPEXPLORATION
TOTALE&PUKLTD
IRANIANOILCOMPANY(U.K.)LIMITED
CNRINTERNATIONAL(U.K.)LIMITED
ENIUKLIMITED
CHEVRONNORTHSEALIMITED
PERENCOUKLIMITED
SHELLU.K.LIMITED
INEOSUKSNSLIMITED
MAERSKOILUKLIMITED
BURLINGTONRESOURCES(IRISHSEA)LIMITED
TAQABRATANILIMITED
HUMBLYGROVEENERGYLIMITED
FIRSTOILEXPROLIMITED
BGINTERNATIONALLIMITED
ESSOE&PUKLIMITED
FAIRFIELDBETULA/FAGUSLIMITED
CENTRICA
PREMIEROILUKLIMITED
GDFSUEZE&PUKLTD
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Production Change in MMCuM 2015v2014
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

50. 50
831
674
504
452
310
305
241
201
199
165
154
153
144
129
123
110
100
95
93
84
81
80
65
52
46
43
42
-23
-23
-25
-33
-35
-41
-47
-62
-68
-69
-99
-107
-159
-310
-374
-557
-781
-1551
RWEDEAUKSNSLIMITED
ENIUKLIMITED
LIVERPOOLBAYLIMITED
CONOCOPHILLIPS
STERLINGRESOURCESLTD
E.ONE&PUKLIMITED
GDFSUEZE&PUKLTD
FAROEPETROLEUM(U.K.)LIMITED
BURLINGTONRESOURCES(IRISHSEA)LIMITED
NEXENPETROLEUMU.K.LIMITED
ENDEAVOURENERGYUKLIMITED
CNRINTERNATIONAL(U.K.)LIMITED
HUMBLYGROVEENERGYLIMITED
EDISONE&PUKLTD
FIRSTOILEXPROLIMITED
BAYERNGASEUROPELIMITED
WINTERSHALLNOORDZEE
MOLOPERATIONSUKLTD
DANAPETROLEUM(E&P)LIMITED
HANSAHYDROCARBONSLIMITED
BGINTERNATIONALLIMITED
FAIRFIELDACERLIMITED
MAERSKOILUKLIMITED
APACHE
IRANIANOILCOMPANY(U.K.)LIMITED
GAZPROMGERMANIA
PREMIEROILUKLIMITED
MARUBENIOIL&GAS(U.K.)LIMITED
SUNCORENERGYUKLIMITED
BRIDGEENERGY(SNS)LIMITED
NSGP(ENSIGN)LIMITED
STATOIL(U.K.)LIMITED
CHEVRONNORTHSEALIMITED
BOWLANDRESOURCESLIMITED
ESSOE&PUKLIMITED
TALISMANSINOPECNSEALIMITED
MARATHONOILU.K.LLC
SHELLU.K.LIMITED
TAQABRATANILIMITED
SSEE&PUKLIMITED
TULLOWOILSKLIMITED
PERENCOUKLIMITED
BHPBILLITONPETROLEUMGREATBRITAINLIMITED
TOTALE&PUKLTD
CENTRICA
UKCS Gas Output by Company
Production Change in MMCuM 2014v2013
Source: DECCAnnual Dry+Associated Gas Prodn sorted by field https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

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5) New Fields 2015
The following fields were brought into production in 2015:
 ALMA (EnQuest)
 GALIA (EnQuest)
 CLADHAN (Taqa Global)
 ENOCHDHU(ConocoPhillips)
 GODWIN (Talisman Sinopec)
 PEREGRINE (Nexen)
 SOLITAIRE (Nexen)
 YTHAN (EnQuest)
6) Field Development Pipeline
The following fields (both new and existing) are being worked on at present to commence or extend
their field life. An estimated production level is given for each field when production (re)commences
Field Operator
Start
Date
Production
Level Oil
Production
Level Gas
Tonnes/Yr MMCuM/Yr
Cygnus GDF Suez E&P 2016 2,555
Morrone Taqa Global 2016 148,920
Seymour BG Group 2016
Platypus Dana Petroleum 2016 276
Laggan/Tormore Total 2016 5,168
Alder Chevron 2016 372,300 1,124
Conwy EOG 2016 992,800
Stella Ithaca 2016 1,489,200 686
Aviat Apache 2016 0 95
Flyndre Maersk Group 2016 496,400
Solan Premier Oil 2016 1,191,360
Clair Ridge BP 2017 5,956,800 441
Barra Dana Petroleum 2017 992,800
Edradour Total 2017 0 36
Harris Dana Petroleum 2017 992,800
Crathes EnQuest 2017 248,200
Schiehallion BP 2017 6,453,200 913
Kraken EnQuest 2017 1,241,000
Kraken North EnQuest 2017 1,241,000
Scolty EnQuest 2017 248,200
Cawdor Maersk Group 2017 248,200
Orlando Verus Petroleum 2017 546,040
Catcher Premier Oil 2017 1,985,600
Burgman Premier Oil 2017 248,200

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Varadero Premier Oil 2017 248,200
Cayley Talisman Sinopec 2017 0 1,045
Shaw Talisman Sinopec 2017 893,520
Callater Apache 2018 744,600
Mariner Statoil 2018 2,730,200
Blythe IOG 2018 0 153
Glenlivet Total 2018 0 44
Columbus Serica Energy 2019 52,600 181
Corona Apache 2019 248,200
Culzean Maersk Group 2019 2,555
Harrier Ithaca 2019 397,130 183
Mariner East Statoil 2019 1,042,440
Cheviot Alpha Petroleum 2020 1,241,000 511
Rosebank Chevron 2020 4,964,000 818
Lancaster Hurricane 2020 496,400
Bentley Xcite 2020 1,985,600
Utgard Statoil 2020 0 989
Perth Parkmead 2021 248,200
Dolphin Parkmead 2021
Lowlander Faroe 2021
Seagull Apache 2021 431,868 164
Vorlich BP 2021 212,459 62
Fyne Antrim Resources 2022 0
Erne Antrim Resources 2022 0
Fram Shell 2022 0 0
Athena Verus Petroleum 2022 0 0
Cairngorm Verus Petroleum 2022 0
Jackdaw BG Group 2022 0 2,555
Moth BG Group 2022 0
Arran Dana Petroleum 2022 361,876 912
Black Horse Nexen 2022 248,200
Cambo OMV 2022 248,200
Tornado OMV 2022 0
Courageous Maersk Group 2022 496,400
Brochel Maersk Group 2022 496,400
Crosgan Ineos 2022 0 0
Keplar Ineos 2022 0 0
Suilven BP 2022 496,400
Alligin BP 2022 248,200
Puffin Shell 2022 0 0
Whirlwind Hurricane 2022 248,200
Bressay Statoil 2022 1,985,600
Austen Ithaca 2022 194,092 227
Sillimanite Wintersall 2022 0 0
46,053,005 21,693

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GDF Suez has developed the Cygnus Field which will come onstream in 2016 and produce 5% of the
UK’s gas at peak production of 250MM Cu ft per day. N.B. Possibly delayed until 2017.
http://www.gdfsuezep.co.uk/our-operations/cygnus.aspx
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2015/07/last-key-structure-sails-for-cygnus-off-uk.html
Taqa Global developed the Morrone field, expected to produce 3,000 Boepd with first oil expected in
the 3rd quarter of 2014 – there’s still no sign of it yet on DECC’s list of field start-ups.
http://www.taqaglobal.com/media-centre/press-releases/2013/16-12-2013?sc_lang=en
Dana’s Platypus Field hoped for a 2016 start. It now looks like 2018 at the earliest, perhaps later if a
deal can’t be done to tie in to local infrastructure. Dana’s Possum Field development is also affected.
An appraisal well was drilled in April 2012, with the well flowing at a rate of 27 mmscf/d
http://www.firstoilexpro.com/assets/platypus-possum
http://www.dana-petroleum.com/Media-centre/Reports-presentations/
Total’s Laggan-Tormore development entered production in 2016 following completion of a new gas
processing plant in Shetland. The fields will produce a small amount of condensate along with a very
large amount of gas to be exported via the SIRGE system. Laggan/Tormore adds 5,168MMCuM per
year to UK production. Dong & SSE each hold 20% stakes in Laggan Tormore.
http://www.total.uk/en/home/media/list-news/total-starts-production-laggan-tormore-west-shetland
http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/laggan-tormore/
http://www.total-icop.co.uk/laggan_tormore/
http://www.laggan-tormore.com/
Chevron’s Alder development is due to come onstream in 2016 tied back to the Britannia Bridge
Linked Platform (BLP). Expected output is 110,000 cfpd gas & 14,000 barrels of condensate per day.
http://www.chevron.com/chevron/pressreleases/article/01132014_chevronmakesfinalinvestmentdecisi
ononalderfieldintheunitedkingdom.news
http://www.chevronunitedkingdom.com/news/latest/2015-07-07-alder-topsides-sail.aspx
EOG’s Conwy field is situated in the Liverpool Bay area and is tied back to the Douglas platform.
EOG state production commenced March 2016. Listed on DECC/OGA start-up spreadsheet 2016.
http://investors.eogresources.com/Presentations-and-Events
http://investors.eogresources.com/download/EOG_0516.pdf
Ithaca’s Greater Stella Area Project has made progress with the Floating Production Facility FPF-1
leaving the Remontowa shipyard prior to installation. Production is scheduled to commence in
September 2016.
http://www.ithacaenergy.com/media/news/gsa-update-0
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/115237/ithacas-fpf-1-gets-green-light-travel-
greater-stella-
development/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EV%20Daily%20Newslet
ter%202016-07-22&utm_term=Energy%20Voice%20-%20Newsletter
Apache commenced production from its Aviat gas field in June 2016. This development is to provide
feed gas for Forties replacing diesel to extend field life whilst reducing cost.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535620/Field_Start-
Ups_in_2016_to_date__July_2016_.pdf
Maersk Group is developing the Flyndre Field which will commence production in 2016 with an
anticipated peak output of 10,000bpd with production tied back to the Clyde platform via Cawdor.
http://www.maerskoil.com/media/newsroom/pages/flyndreandcawdorfielddevelopmentapprovalsuppo
rtsmaerskoiluk%E2%80%99sgrowthambitions.aspx
http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/flyndrecawdor-oil-fields-development-north-sea/

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http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2014/05/clyde-platform-to-host-north-sea-flyndre-cawdor-
development.html
Premier Oil developed the Solan Field and commenced production in April 2016 aiming for 24,000
boe p/d output. Premier bought out co-venturer Chrysaor’s 40% with payment from future production:
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/AR2013/project_studies/solan.html
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/premier-oil-increases-exposure-to-giant-
field-west-of-shetland.127851542
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/media/press/solan-update
BP is also undertaking the re-development of the Clair Field with the next phase of field life focused
on Clair Ridge. The Clair Ridge development will have the capability to produce an estimated 640
million barrels of oil over a 40 year period, with peak production expected to be up to 120,000 barrels
of oil per day. 36 new wells will be drilled, 26 production wells and 10 water injection wells to
maintain reservoir pressure.
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/print/volume-73/issue-8/north-sea/bp-looking-to-maximize-
production-from-shetland-area-fields.html
Dana Petroleum is developing the Western Isles fields (Barra and Harris) with peak production
estimated at 40,000 boe per day. The project is running 2 yrs late and at least $400m over budget:
http://www.ogj.com/content/ogj/en/articles/2012/12/western-isles-project-offshore-uk-
approved.html
https://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/3749/dana-petroleum-western-isles-project-two-
years-late-and-massively-over-budget/
Total’s Edradour Field Development is proceeding West of Shetland with the aim being to tie in to the
Laggan/Tormore infrastructure which is now in place and operational. Dong holds a 25% interest.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13168386.Total_to_proceed_with_the_Edradour_gas_fie
ld/
EnQuest’s Scolty/Crathes Field Development proceeds apace with future production tied back to the
Kittiwake infrastructure. The Crathes well exceeded projections and was on time and under budget.
http://www.enquest.com/media-centre/press-releases/2016/19-05-2016.aspx
BP’s Schiehallion Field West of Shetland will re-start production in 2017. The new KBR-designed
Glen Lyon FPSO is in situ with production capacity for 320,000 b/d of liquids and 220 MMcf/d of gas
and 380,000 b/d of produced water and seawater injection. All the pre-existing wells were suspended
and will all be re-opened for production. In addition 25 new wells (17 producers and 8 water
injectors) will be drilled to significantly increase output.
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/press/press-releases/bp-and-co-venturers-approve-3-billion-
re-development-of-schiehallion-and-loyal-fields.html
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/print/volume-73/issue-8/north-sea/bp-looking-to-maximize-
production-from-shetland-area-fields.html
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/press/press-releases/new-glen-lyon-fpso-sets-sail-for-west-of-
shetland.html
EnQuest’s Kraken and Kraken North developments are both scheduled to begin production in 2017.
There will be 14 horizontal production wells and 11 water injection wells producing a peak output of
55,000bpd.
http://www.enquest.com/~/media/Files/E/Enquest/2014FYR_docs/14FullYear150318Final.pdf
http://www.enquest.com/~/media/Files/E/Enquest/2015%20FYR_docs/FYR2015Final.pdf
Maersk Group is developing the Cawdor Field which will commence production in 2017 with an
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http://www.maerskoil.com/media/newsroom/pages/flyndreandcawdorfielddevelopmentapprovalsuppo
rtsmaerskoiluk%E2%80%99sgrowthambitions.aspx
http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/flyndrecawdor-oil-fields-development-north-sea/
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2014/05/clyde-platform-to-host-north-sea-flyndre-cawdor-
development.html
Verus Petroleum (100%) has taken over Spike, who’ve taken over Bridge who’ve taken over Iona
Energy (75%) and Atlantic Energy’s (25%) Orlando Field following Iona’s collapse, targeting output
of 11,000 bpd tied back to Ninian. No update on a 2017 start has been seen. Perhaps there’s no time
with all the deal-making?
http://www.ionaenergy.com/operations/orlando
http://www.ionaenergy.com/investor-relations/presentations/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24109614
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/66058/north-sea-new-wave-player-verus-makes-debut/
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclosure.action?disclosureId=714832&lang=en
http://www.petroleum.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=19987
http://www.energy-pedia.com/news/united-kingdom/atlantic-petroleum-sells-orlando-field-interest-to-
bridge-petroleum-167693
Premier Oil will bring its Catcher development online in 2017. As well as adding 40,000 barrels per
day to UKCS output it will provide a new hub for future developments in the Central North Sea.
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/AR2013/pdfs/PO_AR2013.pdf
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/operations/uk
Premier Oil will bring its Burgman well online in 2017 adding 5,000 barrels per day to UKCS output.
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/operations/uk
Premier Oil will bring its Varadero well online in 2017 adding 5,000 barrels per day to UKCS output.
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/operations/uk
Repsol Sinopec is bringing the Cayley (gas) and Shaw (oil) fields into production in 2017 at an
anticipated rate of 15,000 Boepd for each part of the field. The Montrose Area re-development jacket
was installed in 2015 with the topsides leaving Heerema’s Zwinjdrecht yard in April 2016:
http://www.talisman-sinopec.com/en/news/accommodation-vessel-arrives-at-mar/
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/04/new-montrose-platform-topsides-leaves-yard.html
Apache’s Callater Field development is under way in the Beryl area targeting 15,000 bpd by 2018.
http://www.apachecorp.com/Operations/UK_North_Sea/NewsAndArticles/Beryl_Field_celebrates_40
_years/index.aspx
Statoil will bring the Mariner Field online in 2018. It will eventually comprise 80 production wells
and 64 produced water re-injectors with a plateau output of 55,000 bpd.
http://www.statoil.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2012/Pages/21Dec_Mariner.aspx
http://www.statoil.com/en/about/worldwide/unitedkingdom/pages/mariner.aspx
http://www.statoil.com/en/EnvironmentSociety/Environment/impactassessments/international/Pages/
MarinerAreaImpactasmt.aspx
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/140060/Mariner_A_Steel_Jacket_On_its_Way_to_the_North
_Sea?utm_source=DailyNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2015-08-
12&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Production_1
Dana Petroleum has developed the Arran Field. Tieback was to be to BG’s Lomond platform until BG
announced the cancellation of their proposed Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) Project. This has delayed
Arran by up to four years:
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/eng/fox/path/PATH_REPORTS/current-
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IOG has purchased the half of the Blythe Field development block it didn’t own and is working on the
production of a Field Development Plan in 2016
http://independentoilandgas.com/blythe.html
http://independentoilandgas.com/news_detail.php?recordID=94
Total (80%) is developing the Glenlivet Field which will tie in to the Shetland processing plant
developed for Laggan/Tormore. Dong holds the remaining 20%. Target is 21,000 boe per day.
http://www.subseaiq.com/data/Project.aspx?project_id=516
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2014/10/total-to-develop-glenlivet-gas-field-off-uk.html
http://www.total.uk/en/home/media/list-news/uk-government-approves-field-development-plans-
totals-edradourglenlivet-project
Serica Energy is seeking to develop the Columbus Field. It suffered a major setback when BG
cancelled its plan for a Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) for the neighbouring Lomond Field. The Field
Development Plan for Columbus will now be re-written by Serica and its partners.
http://www.serica-energy.com/columbus-3.php
http://www.serica-energy.com/columbus.php
Apache is working on the Corona Field with an estimated start-up in 2019. The estimate is between
5,000 and 10,000 bpd.
http://www.oedigital.com/technology/safety-security/item/12255-apache-moves-on-callater-
investment
Maersk is proceeding with the development of the Culzean Gas Field which will produce 5% of the
UK’s demand at peak production. I’ve estimated this at 250MM Cu ft day.
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/140362/GoAhead_Given_for_Biggest_UK_Field_Found_in_
a_Decade/?all=HG2
Ithaca is working on the Harrier development with a plan to enter production in 2016. I’ve stuck it in
2019.
http://www.ithacaenergy.com/media/news/greater-stella-area-development-concept-select
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Ithaca-Energy-Inc-Greater-marketwire-2019147670.html
Statoil’s Mariner East Field will come online in 2019. It will eventually comprise 4 wells with a peak
output of 22,000 bpd when Mariner is producing below its 76,000 bpd target flow.
http://www.statoil.com/en/about/worldwide/unitedkingdom/pages/mariner.aspx
http://www.statoil.com/en/EnvironmentSociety/Environment/impactassessments/international/Pages/
MarinerAreaImpactasmt.aspx
The Cheviot Field developer ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited was acquired by Petroleum Equity from
its US parent when this was forced into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Moss Maritime's Octobuoy concept
was dropped when late and over budget, a second plan to replace this concept with an FPSO shows no
sign of progression. http://www.subseaiq.com/data/Project.aspx?project_id=1128
http://www.petroleumequity.com/news.html
Chevron’s Rosebank Field was kicked into the long grass due to the very high cost of the
development at a time, prior to the collapse in oil price, when contractors could name their price. It
appears to be reviving with a lower cost plan. Target is still to produce 100,000 barrels per day and to
process 80MM Cuft/day. Exactly when, no-one knows.
http://www.chevronunitedkingdom.com/our-businesses/operated-assets/rosebank/
Hurricane Energy’s Lancaster Field is one of the most promising West of Shetland developments of
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raise finance themselves through a share placement. Hurricane is one of few emerging firms able to
access funds in volume at this time.
https://www.hurricaneenergy.com/assets/Documents/ConceptualisingnewInfrastructureHubWoSPDF.
pdf?1432150035
http://www.edisoninvestmentresearch.com/downloadpdf/14493/702
http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/hurricane-energy-raises-cash-for-lancaster-drilling-first-oil-in-
2019/
Xcite Energy’s Bentley Field Development remains under huge pressure due to the oil price. Securing
investor cash flow is key. Xcite needs to secure funding before their license expires. An investor with
cash to farm-in is needed quickly.
http://www.xcite-energy.com/assets/bentley
http://www.xcite-energy.com/investors/presentations-and-documents/agm-2016-presentation
http://www.xcite-energy.com/investors/presentations-and-documents/agm-2015-presentation
Statoil has bought out its UK partners in the Utgard Field which lies across the UK/Norway border in
the North Sea. This gas & condensate development will tie back to Sleipner in the Norwegian sector.
A Final Investment Decision (FID) is expected before the end of 2016. Production will start in 2020.
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/06/statoil-moves-toward-utgard-development.html
http://www.statoil.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2016/Pages/03jun-utgard.aspx
http://www.statoil.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2016/Pages/28Jun_utgardtransaction.aspx
Parkmead is looking to develop the Perth oilfield by 2021. It will produce a Field Development Plan
incorporating Perth and neighbouring Dolphin (Parkmead) and Lowlander (Faroe) prospects in one
FDP for better economies of scale in line with Wood Review recommendations.
http://www.parkmeadgroup.com/uploaded/financial/Interim_Results_for_the_six-
month_period_ended_31_December_2015.pdf
http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/parkmead-faroe-in-talks-for-joint-fpso-use-in-north-sea/
BP is involved in some of the largest projects currently under development. Further out in the future is
the Vorlich Field development. A test well flowed at 5,350 bpd in 2014. FDP by yr end 2016.
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/press/press-releases/gdf-suez-and-bp-discover-new-central-
north-sea-field.html
http://www.woodgroupfrontier.com/case-studies/field-development-options-study.pdf
Antrim Resources has stopped developing the Fyne and Erne Fields where it hoped to produce 4,000
bpd. Wells have been plugged and abandoned. Antrim is looking to relinquish & perhaps to re-apply
for the license.
http://www.antrimenergy.com/files/Antrim_2014_Annual_Report_-_Final.pdf
http://antrimenergy.com/files/Antrim_2015_Annual_Report_-_Final_220416.pdf
Shell Exploration & Production have postponed development of their Fram prospect following
disappointing initial drilling results in 2013. The FPSO was cancelled. There’s been no comment from
Shell since 2013. Perhaps pressure in the well dissipated swiftly leaving no option but abandonment?
http://www.shell.co.uk/media/2013-media-releases/reassess-development-of-fram-field-in-north-
sea.html
http://www.devex-
conference.org/pdf/Presentations_2012/Fram_FDP_DEVEX2012FINAL9_5_12.pdf
Verus Petroleum, EnQuest and KUFPEC from Kuwait are looking to bring forward the Cairngorm
Field by 2022. With EnQuest tied up with Kraken following Alma/Galia progress has been slow.
http://www.kufpec.com/Reports/KUFPEC%20Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%202014.pdf.p
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BG group are looking to develop their Jackdaw prospect by 2022. A Final Investment Decision (FID)
was expected to be made in 2017. What the impact of the Shell takeover will be remains to be seen.
http://bg-group.com/343/where-we-work/uk/
http://files.the-group.net/library/bggroup/country_data/downloads/country_uk.pdf
Dana Petroleum hoped to bring the Arran Field onstream by 2022. It suffered a major setback when
BG cancelled its plan for a Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) for the neighbouring Lomond Field which
Dana had hoped to tie in to. No mention of Arran remains on the Dana website.
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/eng/fox/path/PATH_REPORTS/current-
projects?PATH_OPERATOR_ID=109
http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/bg-wont-build-lomond-blp/
Nexen, the biggest oil producer on the UKCS was seeking to develop their Black Horse prospect by
2022. Seismic on the Black Horse extension was inconclusive and plans seem to have slowed. The
2008 appraisal well on Black Horse flowed through a restricted choke at 5,248 barrels per day.
http://www.subseaiq.com/data/PrintProject.aspx?project_id=967
OMV has secured acreage West of Shetland including the Cambo oil & gas prospect from Hess. No
details of a Field Development Plan or a start date could be found.
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pathfinder/discoveriesindex.html
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2014/03/shetland-deal-increases-omv-s-stake-in-cambo.html
OMV also purchased a stake in the Tornado gas prospect. Again no signs of progress were seen.
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pathfinder/discoveriesindex.html
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2014/03/shetland-deal-increases-omv-s-stake-in-cambo.html
Maersk has the Courageous Field down for future development along with a sister field Brochel.
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pathfinder/discoveriesindex.html
Crosgan is a project being developed by Ineos (75%) the operators of the Grangemouth Refinery in
Scotland. Sterling Resources (25%) is their partner on this project.
http://www.sterling-resources.com/
Keplar is also being developed in association with Sterling Resources. Sterling secured an adjoining
block in the 26th
Offshore Licensing Round.
http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/sterling-resources-successful-in-uk-26th-offshore-licensing-
round-awards/
BP identified Suilven as a field for future development West of Shetland. There has been no update
from BP on this project for several years possibly due to work at Clair and Schiehallion.
http://www.subseaiq.com/data/Project.aspx?project_id=1829
BP still has Alligin as a major project on its Form 20-F in 2014 (Page 26). Now Clair and
Schiehallion are reaching completion this may well gain more attention.
http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/investors/bp-annual-report-and-form-20f-2014.pdf
Shell has the Puffin Field down as a future development. The Fram Field Development Plan (FDP)
shows various wells have been drilled in and around Puffin which seems to have a complex structure
and is part oil, part gas and part condensate in a difficult to drill prospect.
http://www.devex-
conference.org/pdf/Presentations_2012/Fram_FDP_DEVEX2012FINAL9_5_12.pdf
Hurricane Energy’s Whirlwind prospect will proceed to sanction after the completion of Lancaster.
No flow rate has been reported from the test well drilled. A minimal 5,000 bpd is shown.
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Statoil’s Bressay development is in the process of being re-engineered in an effort to reduce the
capital cost. Statoil don’t intend to proceed at present and a platform order was cancelled 31/7/16.
http://www.statoil.com/en/About/Worldwide/UnitedKingdom/UKUpstream/Pages/Bressay.aspx
Wintersall has the Sillimanite Field under development. Tie-back should be to Wintersall’s Wingate
infrastructure which lies just to the South.
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/eng/fox/path/PATH_REPORTS/current-projects
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/web_files/ems/2012/Wintershall-ems.pdf
Not Proceeding
Taqa Global’s Darwin development appears to have been dropped following the drilling of a dry well
211/27e-13. Fairfield Energy had 50% of Darwin. Riverstone Holdings were big investors in Fairfield
prior to the well being drilled. Two further wells didn’t result in a decision to proceed.
http://www.fairfield-energy.com/pages/view/darwin
http://www.dundasconsultants.com/files/docs/case-studies/Darwin_Development_Study.pdf
Premier Oil’s Ptarmigan a single well development 15/29a-15 - appears to have been plugged and
abandoned. Premier Oil publications focus on other developments.
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/operations/global-licence-interests
http://www.seafish.org/media/1487961/issue_02_oil_gas_email.pdf
ENI’s Deborah Field is a gas storage conversion of a depleted gas producing field. Consented in
2011, it is reckoned the facility would be able to store 4.6 BnCuM when full. ENI did not make a Final
Investment Decision and never proceeded to develop the field.
http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/deborah-gas-field
http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/why-do-consented-gas-storage-projects-still-struggle-to-get-
financed/1140372#.V6CvuhKMVHs
Independent Oil & Gas has acquired the Vulcan Satellite Fields from Verus Petroleum just as we
were going to press. Vulcan East seemed to have dropped out of contention for development following
the re-structuring of the old Bridge Energy A/S. IOG intends to produce a Field Development Plan
and will seek to bring Vulcan East, North West and South forward.
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/66058/north-sea-new-wave-player-verus-makes-debut/
http://www.oedigital.com/component/k2/item/12698-iog-acquires-vulcan-fields
Chrysaor Holdings holds the rights to develop the Phoenix prospect. Chrysaor has sold an interest in
the Solan Field over the last year and has also sold interests in Ireland. Whether these adjustments
are positive or negative for Phoenix remains to be seen. There is no Field Development Plan in place.
http://www.bnri.com/documents/Chrysaor_press%20release_2.pdf
http://www.oilandgastechnology.net/upstream-news/providence-announces-chrysaor-acquisition
Premier Oil’s Caledonia field is a watered-out asset the re-development plan is still awaited.
http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/media/press/trading-and-operations-update-4
https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/eng/fox/path/PATH_REPORTS/current-
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DECC & OGA Contacts
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics DUKES contacts:
Upstream Oil DUKES Shyam Lakhani Telephone: +44 (0) 300 068 6865
Energy Trends
Oil
natalie.cartwright@decc.gsi.gov.uk 0300 068 5260
Gas
matthew.curds@decc.gsi.gov.uk 0300 068 8414
Petroleum Licensing
Mike Hawkins
tel: 0300 068 6038
mike.hawkins@oga.gsi.gov.uk
Tracy Selby
Telephone: 0300 068 6050
Email: tracy.selby@oga.gsi.gov.uk
Field List
Derek Woolley Telephone: +44 (0) 300 068 5751
DECC field partners and the percentage of their holding
Marcelle Wynter Telephone: +44 (0) 300 068 66057
Well Operations & Notifications System (WONS) - UK production data, Oil production since
1975 and Gas flaring at oil terminals and producing offshore oilfields. Petroleum Production
Reporting System (PPRS)
Phil Harrison Telephone: +44 (0) 300 068 6036
Oil discharged with produced water
Email: offshore.inspectorate@decc.gsi.gov.uk Telephone +44 (0) 1224 254138
UKCS income and expenditure, Production projections and Production (and demand)
projections
Mike Earp tel: 0300 068 5784
UK oil and gas reserves
John Webber Telephone: 0300 020 1041 Joy Gray Telephone: 0300 067 1614
Field Approvals and Field Start-ups
John Webber Telephone: 0300 020 1041
Field and Pipeline Decommissioning
claire.grant@oga.gsi.gov.uk on 01224 254034
claire.thomson@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Guidance on upstream oil and gas infrastructure access dispute resolution
Robert White Email: robert.a.white@oga.gsi.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 068 6056
Environmental and Emissions Monitoring System (EEMS)
The main EEMS help desk is maintained by Collabro:
email: eems@collabro.co.uk tel: 01224 853453 fax: 01224 853429
Gwen Moran at gwen.moran@collabro.co.uk or 01224 853423

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7) Declining Output and De-commissioning
Until this year Oil Output on the UKCS had been declining since 1999. Gas output also dropped from
its peak in the year 2000 until 2013, it increased in 2014 and is again up in 2015. Oil output is not
expected to rise in 2016 but is about to take off again with the addition of Clair Ridge, Schiehallion
(Quad 204) and Mariner in 2017. A report that Scotland was facing a boom in output was met with a
storm of protest from the Glasgow-based Centre for Public Policy in the Regions (CPPR) who’s
eminence gris John McLaren, a former Labour Party researcher, was quick to damn any such foolish
notion:
http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/7560-cpprs-mclaren-pours-cold-water-
on-scottish-economic-recovery-claims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21936723
The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) accepted the Department of Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) projections of future oil & gas output. We might sensibly start by looking at recent trends and
how these are helping to shape projections of future output.
On the chart above can be seen the pattern of change in annual output over the period from 1980 to
2014. The addition of a trend line helps to give some perspective. Apart from a small blip in 2007 we
have seen twelve years of declining output to a greater or lesser extent. In 2014 the decline slowed
dramatically and output rose in 2015. Whilst 2016 isn’t expected to show a big rise, the position for
the following years looks likely to show the significant increment in output we have been predicting.
DECC show no positive increment in output from the record levels of capital spend seen on the UKCS
over the last few years. They are predicting that the decline in underlying output will continue at an
increasing rate rather than slowing the anticipated decline. They also appear to suggest that the
output from new fields and from major re-developments will be negligible rather than
transformational. It is not clear what underlying basis there is for these assumptions. We’re told
basically that “we’ve been right in the past, so trust us, we’ll be right in the future”.
-25%
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North Sea Oil Change in Output
Annual Percentage Change 1980 - 2015
Source: Adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 June 2016 https://itportal.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

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For me, what we have to look at is whether the decline in recent years has been part of the long-
term natural rate of decline or if the industry has suffered from events which have exaggerated the
decline in output.
What we can see for oil is that most of the post-peak years have registered a decline in output of
between 5% and 10% with three of the last five years showing figures in excess of this. There has
been:
2012 Calendar Year
Excessive depletion from Callanish and Clair with the Elgin/Franklin debacle costing 2,000,000
Tonnes of lost production. A leak in a pipeline also caused the shut-in of the Foinaven field.
2013 Calendar Year
The suspension of Schiehallion on its own accounted for almost half of the total reduction in the
whole year (45.6%). Clair, Claymore, Magnus, Pierce and Don SW also contributed markedly to the
decline in output.
2014 Calendar Year
The arrival of Kinnoull and Golden Eagle near the end of the year helped the decline in production
fall to the lowest seen since 2007. Production was predicted to rise in 2015 for the first time since
1999.
2015 Calendar Year
The prediction made last year that output would be up in 2015 was borne out. Golden Eagle and
Kinnoull providing a full year’s output added over 3,000,000 Tonnes in the year. Boosts in output
from Balloch and Buzzard also helped as did the Gannets, Pierce and Shearwater. New fields
Peregrine, Ythan and Enochdhu also helped output to soar. On the downside, Jasmine saw a big drop
in output in 2015. We won’t see as much progress in 2016 but output will soar again in 2017 & 2018.
Restoration of output from Schiehallion, the arrival of Clair Ridge, Mariner and Kraken in the coming
years will paint a very different picture.
What has been the position with gas output?
2012 Calendar Year
The big story, as for oil, was the outage at Elgin/Franklin. This accounted for almost half the total
decline in gas from the UKCS in the year.
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Annual Percentage Change 1980 - 2015
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2013 Calendar Year
This year problems at Sean and Pierce accounted for over 70% of the drop.
2014 Calendar Year
This year has seen a small rise in output for the first time in a number of years. Output from Breagh,
Franklin, Juliet and Jasmine helped in a big way to achieve this.
2015 Calendar Year
West Franklin, Rhum, Shearwater and Brodgar all added significantly to output in 2015. Jasmine and
Morecambe South posted large declines. The gains outstripped the losses. In 2016 we’ll see the
arrival of Laggan/Tormore providing a significant boost to gas supply, with Cygnus following in 2017.
Conclusions
The unplanned outages which have plagued the industry in recent times have started to reverse with
West Franklin and Shearwater boosting output in 2015. Output has started to rise as work to restore
and indeed to improve levels of production nears completion.
Gas output improved in 2015. There will be an increase in output in 2016 from Laggan/Tormore
coming onstream, but Engie’s Cygnus field is delayed and Centrica warns that the Rough Storage
facility needs maintenance and will not be operating anywhere near the level seen in recent years.
As Rough Storage keep the UK’s lights on in the winter this presents a significant risk for UK plc.
Predicting Future Oil Output
Our analysis 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Oil Output k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes
Baseline 44,314 42,039 46,057 57,704 52,342 50,127 51,332
Depletion 4,431 4,204 4,606 5,770 5,234 5,013 5,133
39,883 37,835 41,451 51,934 47,108 45,114 46,199
New Fields 2,820 8,645 17,550 3,041 3,475 6,739 1,924
Depletion 664 423 1,297 2,633 456 521 1,011
Prediction 42,039 46,057 57,704 52,342 50,127 51,332 45,156
Source: Author’s own calculations adapted from DECC UK Annual Oil Production (Thousand Tonnes) 01 June 2016
https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm
If we start off from the 2015 level of oil output and subtract an annualised rate of decline of 10% per
field (slightly higher than the actual rate excluding shut-downs for planned and unplanned outages)
and we then add the predicted levels of additional output from new fields (factoring in a higher
average rate of decline of 15% for these fields) then output in 2018 will be over 50% higher than it
was in 2014 (37,378k Tonnes).
OGUK 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Oil Output k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes
Baseline 44,314 45,333 47,146 50,222 47,146 44,314 39,883
Depletion 1,137 6,409 13,177 3,484 5,851 10,649 4,901
43,177 38,924 33,969 46,738 41,295 33,665 34,982
New Fields 2,820 8,645 17,969 3,041 3,475 6,739 1,924
Depletion 664 423 1,297 2,633 456 521 1,011
Prediction 45,333 47,146 50,222 47,146 44,314 39,883 35,895
Source: Author’s own interpretation of Oil & Gas UK’s “Activity Survey 2016” http://oilandgasuk.co.uk/activitysurvey.cfm

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Oil & Gas UK’s 2016 Activity Survey predicts a rise of 13.3% in output by 2018. They looked at oil &
gas together & gave figures of approx 1.5MM Boepd in 2014 rising to 1.7MM Boepd in 2018 in their
“Central Case” scenario. Under their “Worst Case” output would rise from 1.5MM Boepd to 1.55MM
Boepd, an increase of 3.33%. To get to this position the decline rate from existing fields has to be
much higher than it has been historically. As output from new fields is added between 2016 and
2018 the factor for declining production in existing fields has to climb from 10% to 27.9% by 2018 –
the figure of 13,177 shown in the table. This seems very unlikely to me but it reflects the
considerable caution shown by Oil & Gas UK in forecasting future output. In comparison to DECC
however their prediction remains positively sunny.
DECC’s projection from last year is shown below. It saw no upturn coming and predicted a much
worse decline than it had suggested in 2014. I didn’t agree.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287001/production_projections.pdf
DECC has, reluctantly, had to accept that output rose in 2015. They predict a small fall in 2016 which
I’d accept is possible and then a tiny rise in 2017 and 2018 which seems astonishingly pessimistic.
DECC is saying that Schiehallion, Clair Ridge, Mariner, Kraken, Greater Stella Area, Cygnus and
Catcher will add nothing to output. The truth will out.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
DECC k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes
Baseline 44,314 42,314 42,814 43,314 41,314 38,314 36,268
Depletion 4,156 7,722 16,172 2,408 6,019 8,264 1,917
40,158 34,592 26,642 40,906 35,295 30,050 34,351
New Fields 2,820 8,645 17,969 3,041 3,475 6,739 1,924
Depletion 664 423 1,297 2,633 456 521 1,011
Prediction 42,314 42,814 43,314 41,314 38,314 36,268 35,264
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-
_February_2016.pdf
Note: excludes NGL output added to DECC Oil production charts & figures manually by DECC.
DECC’s “UKCS Oil and Gas Production Projections” March 2015 page 1 made the farcical suggestion
that output would fall in 2015. Oil rose by 19% and Gas by 7% according to DECC’s own numbers.
DECC continues to look for a decline over the next few years oblivious to the fields about to come
onstream. The decline in output from existing fields needs to increase from a normal rate of
perhaps 10% to as high as 18.25% in 2017 and to over 37.8% in 2018. This isn’t conceivable or
possible. In our final year the opposite is the case. The natural rate of depletion has to fall in 2022 to
5.29% per cent for the DECC decline to be validated, this is far too low a rate.
This prediction cannot be based on the projects coming into production over the next few years. It is
not possible that all these fields can start producing and for oil output not to increase.
Prediction for Gas Production
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes k Tonnes
Baseline 46,532,701 42,965,796 45,475,512 40,688,569 36,402,650 34,671,311 31,874,764
Depletion 5,583,924 5,155,896 5,457,061 4,882,628 4,368,318 4,160,557 3,824,972
40,948,777 37,809,900 40,018,451 35,805,941 32,034,332 30,510,754 28,049,792
New Fields 2,476,094 8,037,026 1,875,672 878,060 2,768,688 1,779,313 989,750
Depletion 459,075 371,414 1,205,554 281,351 131,709 415,303 266,897
Prediction 42,965,796 45,475,512 40,688,569 36,402,650 34,671,311 31,874,764 28,772,645
Source: Author’s own calculations adapted from Company websites and industry reports.
Predictions for oil are easily found on company websites and from industry sources. For gas the
picture is much less clear. Many new fields give no figure for likely gas production. An accurate
forecast therefore isn’t really possible for gas from public information sources. An attempt is made
above to put what information there is into a table. I’d expect a dip in 2016 due to delays in Cygnus.
Laggan/Tormore will provide a bigger than anticipated boost so the decline may be smaller than
shown. Centrica’s difficulties and potential outage at Rough Storage could in turn make it worse.