Oil field · UK

Bacchus

Name: Bacchus oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Bacchus is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Apache Corporation. It was discovered in 2005 and has produced since 2012. In July 2026 it produced about 870 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.016 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Bacchus has produced about 17.9 million barrels of oil and condensate and 161 million cubic metres of gas since April 2012.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 870 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2013, averaging 11,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2013.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.016 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2013, averaging 0.075 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: September 2013.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	770	0.015
2025	690	0.013
2024	590	0.012
2023	430	0.009
2022	1,200	0.02
2021	2,500	0.04
2020	2,900	0.039
2019	3,300	0.036
2018	2,800	0.029
2017	2,600	0.021
2016	3,400	0.024
2015	5,000	0.038
2014	6,900	0.057
2013	11,000	0.075
2012 (Apr–Dec)	6,900	0.027

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil field
Operator	Apache Corporation
Partners	Apache North Sea Limited 50% Harbour Energy WPUK Limited 30% NEO NEXT+ Energy Central North Sea Limited 20%
Original operator	Apache
Discovered	June 2005 (well 22/06a-14)
First production	April 2012
Water depth	30 m
Region	Central 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. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P255Adura Energy, Apache Corporation, DNO North Sea, Harbour Energy PLC, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC, Spirit Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Forties (3.3 km), Nelson (3.4 km), Maule (3.6 km), Brimmond (3.6 km), Tonto (4.1 km), Aviat (8.2 km).

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.