Angus Energy’s gas site at Saltfleetby reached record levels for a second consecutive month since production resumed last year. This helped push the onshore contribution to total UK gas production to its highest level for a year.
Key figures
Daily production: Oil: 13,171 barrels per day (bopd). Gas: 9 standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d)
Volume: Oil: 62,817m3. Gas: 8,929 thousand cubic meters (ksm3)
Weight: Oil: 51,870 tonnes. Gas: 7,233 tonnes.
Onshore contribution to UK total production: 1.99% of oil and 1.16% of gas
Volume of flared gas at UK onshore oilfields: 1,204ksm3
Volume of vented gas at UK onshore oilfields: 118ksm3
The data in this post was compiled and published by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) from reports by oil companies. This is published about three months in arrears. All the charts are based on the NSTA data.
Details
Daily production
Volume and weight
Contribution to UK production
Flaring and venting
Top producing fields
Oil top 20
Ranking risers: Glentworth, Cold Hanworth, Palmers Wood, Bletchingley, Kimmeridge, Storringon
Ranking fallers: Long Clawson, Gainsborough, Corringham, East Glentworth
Welton, in Lincolnshire saw production volume rise almost 10% in volume from 1,584m3 to 1,739m3. This was the field’s highest level since January 2023.
Production at Gainsborough, also in Lincolnshire, fell nearly 25%, down from 311 tonnes in May 2023 to 241 tonnes in June 2023. Nearby Corringham also fell, down from 213 tonnes to 170 tonnes.
At Horndean, in Hampshire, production rose from 519 tonnes to 531 tonnes, increasing the site’s share of UK production from 0.97% to just over 1%.
Producing gas fields
Ranking risers: Stillingfleet, Maltby, Wheldale and Prince of Wales coal mine vents
Ranking fallers: Albury, Cadeby Coal Mine Vent
Production at Saltfleetby, in Lincolnshire, rose to its highest level since it resumed in September 2022. The volume of gas in June 2023 was 14% higher than in May 2023, up from 5,992ksm to 6,856ksm.
Albury, in Surrey, fell 64% in June 2023, compared with May 2023, down from 458ksm to 165ksm. This was the site’s lowest gas production level since August 2020.
Non-producers
Oil
There was no production at 15 UK onshore oil fields in June 2023. This was three more fields than in May 2023. Additional non-producers this month were Wareham, Crosby Warren and Stainton.
The non-producing fields were:
- Angus Energy: Lidsey, Brockham
- Britnrg Limited: Newton-on-Trent
- Egdon Resources: Dukes Wood, Fiskerton Airfield, Kirklington, Waddock Cross
- Star Enery (formerly IGas): Avington, Egmanton, Nettleham, Scampton, South Leverton, Stainton
- Perenco: Wareham
- Europa: Crosby Warren
Gas
There was no production reported at 14 UK onshore producing gas fields in June 2023. Production resumed at Florence coal mine vent and Hatfield Moors but stopped at Warsop Main.
The non-producers were:
- Cuadrilla: Elswick
- Egdon Resources: Kirkleatham
- EP UK Investments: Humbly Grove Gas Storage
- Ineos: Airth, Doe Green
- Infinis Energy: coal mine vents at Askern, Bevercotes, Gedling, Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield, Markham Main, Sherwood and Warsop
- Scottish Power UK plc: Hatfield Moor Gas Storage Injection
Operators
Oil
Perenco, operator of Wytch Farm and Kimmeridge, saw its production and contribution to UK onshore oil drop slightly (down from 40,809 tonnes in May 2023 to 39,211 tonnes in June 2023). This was probably because there was no production at Wareham in June 2023.
Gas
Angus Energy increased its share of onshore gas production, up from nearly 74% in May 2023 to nearly 80% in June 2023.
Infinis Energy, which operators the UK coal mine vents, lost a small amount of production (down from 1,156 tonnes in May to 1,062 tonnes in June 2023) and share of UK onshore gas production.
Total production and share was also down at Star Energy because of falling volumes at Albury.
Scottish Power returned to the table with a small amount of production at Hatfield Moor after no report in May 2023.
2022-3 onshore oil data archive
August 2022 – see note about revised data
July 2022 – see note about revised data
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