Oil field · UK

Ballindalloch

Ballindalloch is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 2016 and produced from 2019 to 2024. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 4.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 135 million cubic metres of gas.

Production

Ballindalloch produced about 4.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 135 million cubic metres of gas between July 2019 and December 2024.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
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Latest: 3,000 barrels a day in December 2024. Highest year: 2024, averaging 2,800 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2019.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Ballindalloch: gas production by month, July 2019 to December 202400.050.10.150.220202021202220232024

Latest: 0.14 million cubic metres a day in December 2024. Highest year: 2024, averaging 0.14 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: August 2024.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
20242,8000.14
20232,5000.095
20222,1000.041
20211,4000.03
20202,4000.041
2019 (Jul–Dec)3,1000.042

Field details

StatusProduction ceased
TypeOil field
OperatorNEO NEXT+ Energy
Partners
  • NEO NEXT+ Energy E&P North Sea UK Limited 91%
  • Nobel Oil E&P North Sea Limited 8%
DiscoveredDecember 2016 (well 9/19a-20A)
First productionJuly 2019
RegionNorthern North Sea
Wells inside the outline3

Platforms and installations

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

Licences

The field lies in these 4 current licences:

P103Apache Corporation, BP Exploration, Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Nobel Upstream, TAQA Europa B.V.
P257ExxonMobil International, Heyco Energy Group, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC
P496NEO NEXT+ Energy
P2450NEO NEXT+ Energy

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.