UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – November 2023

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 2, 2024

UK onshore gas volumes in November fell dramatically with production suspensions at Saltfleetby.

Onshore oil dropped for the fourth consecutive month with continued lower volumes at Wytch Farm and despite resumed production at Wressle.

Flaring from onshore fields was up 41%.

Key figures

Daily oil production: 11,452 barrels of oil per day (bopd) (October 2023: 11,561 bopd)

Oil volume: 54,622 m3 (October 2023 : 56,978m3)

Oil weight:45,155 tonnes (October 2023: 47,076 tonnes)

Onshore oil’s contribution to UK total production: 1.76% (October 2023: 1.91%)

Volume of flared gas at UK onshore oilfields: 1,056ksm3 (October 2023:751 ksm3 )

Volume of vented gas at UK onshore oilfields: 73ksm3 (October 2023: 71ksm3)

Daily gas production: 4.13 million standard cubic feet (mmscf/d) (October 2023: 11.6 mmscf/d)

Gas volume: 3,506 thousand cubic meters (ksm3) (October 2023: 10,168 ksm3)

Gas weight: 2,476 tonnes (October 2023: 8,271 tonnes)

Onshore gas’s contribution to UK total production: 0.49% (October 2023: 1.3%)

This article uses data 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.

Some data retrospectively changed in previous releases from NSTA. This particularly concerns the volume of flared and vented gas at onshore oil fields. We have reported on why this data has changed.

Details

Daily production

Volume and weight

Contribution to UK production

Flaring and venting

Flaring rose 33% at Singleton in November 2023 compared with October 2023 . The resumption of production at Wressle saw flaring rise from zero in October 2023 to 145m3 in November 2023.

Top producing fields

Oil top 20

Ranking risers: Wressle, Wareham and Palmers Wood

Ranking fallers: Singleton, Welton, Stockbridge, Humbly Grove, Horndean, Glentworth, Long Clawson, Scampton North, Bletchingley, Corringham, Gainsborough, Horse Hill, Kimmeridge

Producing gas fields

Ranking risers: Bilsthorpe, Bevercotes and Cadeby coal mine vents

Ranking fallers: Gedling coal mine vent and Saltfleetby

Non-producers

Oil

According to the data, there was no production at 14 UK onshore oil fields in October 2023. This was one more field than in October 2023. Wressle in North Lincolnshire resumed production in November but Storrington and Crosby Warren recorded no output.

The non-producing fields were:

Angus Energy: Brockham, Lidsey
Britnrg Limited: Newton-on-Trent
Europa Oil & Gas: Crosby Warren
Heyco (formerly Egdon Resources): Dukes Wood, Fiskerton Airfield, Kirklington, Waddock Cross
Star Enery (formerly IGas): Avington, Egmanton, Nettleham, Scampton, South Leverton,, Storrington

Gas

There was no production reported at 12 UK onshore producing gas fields in November 2023.

This was one fewer field than in October 2023. Doe Green had a small volume of production in November 2023.

The non-producers were:

Cuadrilla: Elswick
Heyco: Kirkleatham
EP UK Investments: Humbly Grove Gas Storage
Ineos: Airth
Infinis Energy: coal mine vents at Askern, Florence, Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield, Sherwood and Warsop
Scottish Power UK plc: Hatfield Moor and Hatfield Moor Gas Storage Injection

Operators

Oil

Gas

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