Oil field · UK
Callanish
Callanish is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1999 and has produced since 2008. In July 2026 it produced about 4,200 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.12 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Callanish has produced about 68 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.8 billion cubic metres of gas since June 2008.
Latest: 4,200 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2009, averaging 30,000 barrels a day. Highest month: February 2009.
Latest: 0.12 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2010, averaging 0.74 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2009.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 4,800 | 0.14 |
| 2025 | 7,200 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 7,600 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 4,700 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 9,300 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 11,000 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 3,300 | 0.093 |
| 2019 | 3,700 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 3,800 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 3,100 | 0.097 |
| 2016 | 3,800 | 0.13 |
| 2015 | 5,000 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 6,700 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 9,200 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 13,000 | 0.33 |
| 2011 | 20,000 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 28,000 | 0.74 |
| 2009 | 30,000 | 0.74 |
| 2008 (Jun–Dec) | 22,000 | 0.52 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Harbour Energy PLC |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | ConocoPhillips |
| Discovered | December 1999 (well 15/29b-12) |
| First production | June 2008 |
| Water depth | 150 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 11 |
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 2 current licences:
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.