Oil field · UK
Banff
Banff is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by CNR International. It was discovered in 1991 and produced from 1996 to 2020. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 56.4 million barrels of oil and condensate and 8.3 billion cubic metres of gas.
Production
Banff produced about 56.4 million barrels of oil and condensate and 8.3 billion cubic metres of gas between September 1996 and June 2020.
Latest: 37 barrels a day in June 2020. Highest year: 1999, averaging 23,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 1999.
Latest: 0.017 million cubic metres a day in June 2020. Highest year: 2010, averaging 1.9 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2011.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Jan–Jun) | 1,000 | 0.43 |
| 2019 | 1,200 | 0.68 |
| 2018 | 2,000 | 0.97 |
| 2017 | 1,900 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 2,800 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 4,600 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 2,800 | 0.62 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2,800 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 3,700 | 1.9 |
| 2009 | 4,900 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 5,800 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 7,100 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 5,500 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 6,800 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 8,900 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | 14,000 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 11,000 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 17,000 | 0.52 |
| 2000 | 15,000 | 0.33 |
| 1999 | 23,000 | 0.41 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5,700 | 0.14 |
| 1996 (Sep–Dec) | 23,000 | 0.5 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | CNR International |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | Conoco |
| Discovered | October 1991 (well 29/02a-6) |
| First production | September 1996 |
| Water depth | 89 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 12 |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
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.