Oil field · UK
Barnacle
Barnacle is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Equinor ASA. It was discovered in 1992 and has produced since 2019. In July 2026 it produced about 210 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.018 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Barnacle has produced about 3.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 145 million cubic metres of gas since December 2019.
Latest: 210 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2020, averaging 4,500 barrels a day. Highest month: December 2019.
Latest: 0.018 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2020, averaging 0.17 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2019.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 150 | 0.013 |
| 2025 | 180 | 0.016 |
| 2024 | 240 | 0.021 |
| 2023 | 410 | 0.031 |
| 2022 | 510 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 2,400 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 4,500 | 0.17 |
| 2019 (Dec) | 5,500 | 0.27 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Equinor ASA |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | EDP |
| Discovered | October 1992 (well 211/29-10) |
| First production | December 2019 |
| Water depth | 144 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 2 |
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
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.