Oil field · UK
Cook
Cook is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Ithaca Energy. It was discovered in 1983 and has produced since 2000.
Production
Cook has produced about 58.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 2.4 billion cubic metres of gas since April 2000.
Latest: 9 barrels a day in June 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 18,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2001.
Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in June 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 0.48 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2001.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jun) | 1,600 | 0.069 |
| 2025 | 2,100 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 2,500 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 3,200 | 0.24 |
| 2022 | 3,300 | 0.23 |
| 2021 | 3,700 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 4,000 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 3,800 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 4,600 | 0.33 |
| 2017 | 3,700 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 4,600 | 0.25 |
| 2015 | 3,700 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 3,500 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 4,500 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | 3,800 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 4,900 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 6,100 | 0.32 |
| 2009 | 7,100 | 0.28 |
| 2008 | 3,500 | 0.095 |
| 2007 | 3,400 | 0.16 |
| 2006 | 8,000 | 0.35 |
| 2005 | 9,400 | 0.25 |
| 2004 | 11,000 | 0.26 |
| 2003 | 11,000 | 0.27 |
| 2002 | 16,000 | 0.38 |
| 2001 | 18,000 | 0.48 |
| 2000 (Apr–Dec) | 11,000 | 0.29 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Ithaca Energy |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | Enterprise |
| Discovered | November 1983 (well 21/20a-2) |
| First production | April 2000 |
| Water depth | 94 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. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
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.