Oil field · UK
Blake
Blake is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1997 and has produced since 2001. In July 2026 it produced about 5,200 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.36 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Blake has produced about 130 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.9 billion cubic metres of gas since September 2001.
Latest: 5,200 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2002, averaging 40,000 barrels a day. Highest month: November 2001.
Latest: 0.36 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2002, averaging 0.42 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2011.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 5,400 | 0.3 |
| 2025 | 4,800 | 0.18 |
| 2024 | 5,700 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 7,400 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 5,400 | 0.072 |
| 2021 | 8,300 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 6,700 | 0.17 |
| 2019 | 7,900 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 9,500 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 8,100 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 10,000 | 0.15 |
| 2015 | 8,200 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 6,800 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 8,800 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 7,400 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 8,300 | 0.21 |
| 2010 | 13,000 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 16,000 | 0.26 |
| 2008 | 16,000 | 0.21 |
| 2007 | 22,000 | 0.093 |
| 2006 | 24,000 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | 25,000 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 31,000 | 0.29 |
| 2003 | 34,000 | 0.4 |
| 2002 | 40,000 | 0.42 |
| 2001 (Sep–Dec) | 49,000 | 0.46 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | NEO NEXT+ Energy |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | BG |
| Discovered | March 1997 (well 13/24b-3) |
| First production | June 2001 |
| Water depth | 104 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 25 |
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 these 3 current licences:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Ross (2.5 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.