Oil field · UK
Balloch
Balloch is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 2010 and has produced since 2013.
Production
Balloch has produced about 35 million barrels of oil and condensate and 575 million cubic metres of gas since May 2013.
Latest: 1,200 barrels a day in May 2026. Highest year: 2016, averaging 26,000 barrels a day. Highest month: May 2016.
Latest: 0.019 million cubic metres a day in May 2026. Highest year: 2016, averaging 0.4 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2016.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–May) | 980 | 0.015 |
| 2025 | 1,500 | 0.024 |
| 2024 | 1,700 | 0.027 |
| 2023 | 2,400 | 0.036 |
| 2022 | 2,400 | 0.036 |
| 2021 | 2,400 | 0.036 |
| 2020 | 2,100 | 0.029 |
| 2019 | 6,100 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 7,700 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 10,000 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 26,000 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 20,000 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 8,000 | 0.13 |
| 2013 (May–Dec) | 6,100 | 0.09 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | NEO NEXT+ Energy |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Maersk |
| Discovered | July 2010 (well 15/20b-18Z) |
| First production | May 2013 |
| Water depth | 141 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 3 |
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:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Donan (0 km), Lochranza (0.7 km), Bladon (7.4 km), MacCulloch (9.5 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.