Gas field · UK

Alison

Name: Alison gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Alison is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Spirit Energy. It was discovered in 1987 and produced from 1995 to 2017. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 1.5 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Alison produced about 48,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 1.5 billion cubic metres of gas between October 1995 and January 2017.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in January 2017. Highest year: 1996, averaging 0.57 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 1996.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: under 1 barrels a day in January 2017. Highest year: 2007, averaging 18 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2008.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2017 (Jan)	under 1	0
2016	0	0
2015	0	0
2014	0	0
2013	0	0
2012	under 1	under 0.001
2011	0	0
2010	under 1	under 0.001
2009	4	0.064
2008	16	0.23
2007	18	0.2
2006	12	0.17
2005	16	0.22
2004	5	0.27
2003	9	0.36
2002	4	0.26
2001	5	0.31
2000	5	0.27
1999	2	0.19
1998	9	0.43
1997	9	0.41
1996	12	0.57
1995 (Oct–Dec)	12	0.62

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Spirit Energy
Licensee	Spirit North Sea Gas Limited 100%
Original operator	Phillips
Discovered	February 1987 (well 49/11a-4)
First production	October 1995
Water depth	26 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	10

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Viking E (0.2 km), Viking A (2.4 km), Valkyrie (4.3 km), Viking C (4.4 km), Audrey (4.7 km), Victoria (4.8 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SAC, Southern North Sea SAC.

Sources

Production: NSTA, UKCS field production reports (PPRS), monthly to July 2026. Field details, platforms, licences and wells: NSTA open data, as on the atlas map. Contains information provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and/or other third parties. Used under the NSTA Open User Licence.

Offshore Data Atlas converts the reported volumes to barrels and cubic metres a day (one cubic metre is 6.29 barrels). UK gas figures are all the gas produced, including gas used offshore as fuel, flared or put back into the reservoir.

Alison's production adds up the NSTA's reports for Alison, Alison-Kx.