Oil field · UK
Arundel
Arundel is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by BP Exploration. It was discovered in 2000 and has produced since 2017. In July 2026 it produced about 1,200 barrels of oil and condensate a day.
Production
Arundel has produced about 10.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 18.3 million cubic metres of gas since September 2017.
Latest: 1,200 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 7,400 barrels a day. Highest month: November 2017.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 0.011 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: May 2018.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 1,200 | under 0.001 |
| 2025 | 1,400 | 0.009 |
| 2024 | 940 | 0.006 |
| 2023 | 2,100 | 0.003 |
| 2022 | 2,100 | 0.004 |
| 2021 | 2,200 | 0.004 |
| 2020 | 3,900 | 0.007 |
| 2019 | 5,100 | 0.005 |
| 2018 | 7,400 | 0.011 |
| 2017 (Sep–Dec) | 5,700 | 0.006 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | BP Exploration |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | BP |
| Discovered | September 2000 (well 16/23-6) |
| First production | September 2017 |
| Water depth | 112 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 4 |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.
Licences
The field lies in these 2 current licences:
Nearby
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.