Gas field · UK

Bure

Name: Bure gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Bure is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Perenco Oil & Gas. It was discovered in 1983 and produced from 1986 to 2014. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 2.7 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Bure produced about 40,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 2.7 billion cubic metres of gas between October 1986 and May 2014.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.009 million cubic metres a day in May 2014. Highest year: 1988, averaging 0.79 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 1987.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 0 barrels a day in May 2014. Highest year: 1999, averaging 18 barrels a day. Highest month: December 1999.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2014 (Jan–May)	0	0.022
2013	0	0.034
2012	0	0.043
2011	0	0.029
2010	0	0.034
2009	under 1	0.055
2008	2	0.081
2007	under 1	0.11
2006	under 1	0.054
2005	under 1	0.07
2004	under 1	0.15
2003	4	0.24
2002	6	0.34
2001	10	0.41
2000	7	0.52
1999	18	0.37
1998	10	0.24
1997	1	0.11
1996	1	0.15
1995	under 1	0.16
1994	1	0.28
1993	3	0.38
1992	2	0.29
1991	5	0.6
1990	4	0.55
1989	6	0.56
1988	10	0.79
1987	16	0.74
1986 (Oct–Dec)	0	0.001

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Perenco Oil & Gas
Partners	Tullow Oil SK Limited 66% Perenco UK Limited 23% Spirit Energy Resources Limited 10%
Original operator	Arco
Discovered	May 1983 (well 49/28-8)
First production	October 1986
Water depth	35 m
Region	Southern 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.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P16ExxonMobil International, Perenco Oil & Gas, RockRose Energy, Shell PLC, Spirit Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Deben (0.6 km), Thurne (2.6 km), Thames (3.3 km), Bessemer (6.9 km), Leman (7.7 km), Beaufort (7.8 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SAC.

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.

Bure's production adds up the NSTA's reports for Bure, Bure West.