Gas field · UK

Caister Carboniferous

Name: Caister Carboniferous gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Caister Carboniferous is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1985 and produced from 1993 to 2015. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 2.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 5.3 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Caister Carboniferous produced about 2.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 5.3 billion cubic metres of gas between October 1993 and November 2015.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.17 million cubic metres a day in November 2015. Highest year: 1995, averaging 2 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: June 1998.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 28 barrels a day in November 2015. Highest year: 1999, averaging 2,900 barrels a day. Highest month: June 1999.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2015 (Jan–Nov)	24	0.14
2014	40	0.22
2013	12	0.18
2012	3	0.2
2011	25	0.19
2010	8	0.25
2009	0	0.26
2008	5	0.38
2007	66	0.24
2006	2	0.057
2005	26	0.29
2004	65	0.32
2003	57	0.48
2002	0	0.31
2001	0	0.36
2000	200	0.7
1999	2,900	1.1
1998	380	1
1997	820	1.8
1996	900	1.8
1995	730	2
1994	610	1.8
1993 (Oct–Dec)	690	1.9

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Premier Oil E&P UK Limited 40% Chrysaor (U.K.) Beta Limited 30% Ithaca (NE) UKCS Limited 21% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 9%
Original operator	Total
Discovered	February 1985 (well 44/23-4)
First production	October 1993
Water depth	41 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	16

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:

P2670Hartshead Resources Ltd

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Caister Bunter (0 km), Murdoch (2 km), Watt (2.7 km), Hunter (5.3 km), Ketch (5.3 km), Kelvin (6.2 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.

Caister Carboniferous's production adds up the NSTA's reports for Caister.