Oil field · UK

Blane

Name: Blane oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Blane is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Bridge Petroleum Group. It was discovered in 1989 and has produced since 2007. In July 2026 it produced about 1,000 barrels of oil and condensate a day.

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Production

Blane has produced about 24.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 204 million cubic metres of gas since September 2007.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 1,000 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2008, averaging 11,000 barrels a day. Highest month: May 2008.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.001 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2008, averaging 0.11 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2007.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	820	0.002
2025	820	0.006
2024	990	0.008
2023	400	0.002
2022	310	0.002
2021	630	0.003
2020	1,300	0.01
2019	1,200	0.012
2018	1,600	0.014
2017	1,700	0.017
2016	2,500	0.023
2015	2,400	0.023
2014	3,500	0.026
2013	3,900	0.025
2012	4,500	0.032
2011	8,300	0.062
2010	7,700	0.066
2009	9,600	0.083
2008	11,000	0.11
2007 (Sep–Dec)	12,000	0.11

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil field
Operator	Bridge Petroleum Group
Partners	DNO North Sea (U.K.) Limited 53% Bridge Petroleum 3 Limited 45% DNO North Sea (ROGB) Limited 1% Repsol Norge AS 0%
Original operator	Paladin
Discovered	November 1989 (well 30/03a-1)
First production	September 2007
Water depth	76 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	5

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:

P111Adura Energy, BP Exploration, Bridge Petroleum Group, DNO North Sea, Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC

Nearby

The field crosses the UK–Norway boundary: see Blane (Norwegian side).
Fields within 10 km: Jackdaw (0.4 km), Jade (9.4 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.