Oil field · UK

Chanter

Name: Chanter oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Chanter is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1985 and produced from 1993 to 2014. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 4.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 584 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Chanter produced about 4.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 584 million cubic metres of gas between April 1993 and May 2014.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 11 barrels a day in May 2014. Highest year: 1996, averaging 2,100 barrels a day. Highest month: November 1993.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in May 2014. Highest year: 1995, averaging 0.59 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 1995.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2014 (Jan–May)	22	under 0.001
2013	12	under 0.001
2012	6	under 0.001
2011	21	under 0.001
2010	6	under 0.001
2009	140	0.005
2008	130	0.006
2007	650	0.017
2006	under 1	under 0.001
2005	53	0.002
2004	98	0.002
2003	46	0.001
2002	89	0.001
2001	140	0.009
2000	170	0.014
1999	140	0.008
1998	300	0.023
1997	960	0.16
1996	2,100	0.45
1995	1,900	0.59
1994	1,400	0.19
1993 (Apr–Dec)	5,400	0.16

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil field
Operator	NEO NEXT+ Energy
Partners	NEO NEXT + Energy North Sea Limited 36% Transworld Petroleum (U.K.) Limited 23% NEO NEXT + Energy Resources UK Limited 20% NEO NEXT + Energy Alpha Limited 19%
Original operator	Occidental
Discovered	September 1985 (well 15/17-13)
First production	April 1993
Water depth	144 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	3

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Saltire (0.8 km), Iona (2.3 km), Piper (6.4 km), Galley (8.4 km), Scott (10 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.