UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – April 2025
UK onshore gas volumes fell for the fourth consecutive month in April 2025. Production was the lowest for 18 months, down 23% on March 2025.
Another new low for UK onshore oil production in 2024
2024 UK onshore oil production fell for the 11th consecutive year to the lowest level for 37 years, according to official data published this week.
Surrey earthquake swarm may be linked to oil operations – new study
More than 150 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil operations, according to a new study, published today.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – May 2024
Almost two-thirds of the gas flared onshore in the UK in May 2024 was from one site, at Singleton in West Sussex. Three fields were responsible for more than half the gas vented onshore.
Venting data revised down at UK onshore oil site
The industry regulator has revised down recent monthly volumes for methane vented at the Kimmeridge oil well in Dorset to almost nothing.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – August 2023
Onshore oil and gas production fell in August 2023, with a drop in extraction at the leading sites at Wytch Farm, Wressle and Saltfleetby.
What’s happened to onshore production since 2018?
Almost a fifth of UK onshore production fields have extracted no oil or gas in the past five years, according to analysis by DrillOrDrop.
Latest UK onshore oil production – November 2022
DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore oil data for November 2022 reveals the third consecutive monthly fall in daily production, halving output at Wressle and another record high for onshore flaring
UK onshore oil sites continue to emit methane, research reveals
The climate-damaging gas methane is still being released at English onshore oil sites, a year after researchers revealed the problem.
Kimmeridge oil site burns gas because of equipment delays
The oil production site on cliffs at Kimmeridge bay in Dorset has installed a flare to burn waste gas – despite being ordered three years ago to use the gas to generate electricity.
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