Oil field · UK
Causeway
Causeway is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Ithaca Energy. It was discovered in 1992 and produced from 2012 to 2018. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 2.1 million barrels of oil and condensate.
Production
Causeway produced about 2.1 million barrels of oil and condensate and 9.2 million cubic metres of gas between November 2012 and August 2018.
Latest: 82 barrels a day in August 2018. Highest year: 2013, averaging 1,700 barrels a day. Highest month: November 2012.
Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in August 2018. Highest year: 2015, averaging 0.009 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 2015.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 (Jan–Aug) | 10 | under 0.001 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 150 | under 0.001 |
| 2015 | 1,600 | 0.009 |
| 2014 | 1,600 | 0.007 |
| 2013 | 1,700 | 0.006 |
| 2012 (Nov–Dec) | 4,000 | 0.017 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Ithaca Energy |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | Valiant |
| Discovered | December 1992 (well 211/23b-11) |
| First production | October 2012 |
| Water depth | 144 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.
Licences
The field lies in these 2 current licences:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Merlin (0.1 km), Fionn (0.6 km), Osprey (4.3 km), Dunlin South West (6.7 km), Dunlin (7.3 km), Cormorant East (7.8 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.