Oil field · UK

Cormorant East

Name: Cormorant East oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Cormorant East is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by TAQA Europa B.V.. It was discovered in 2012 and produced from 2013 to 2024. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 2.8 million barrels of oil and condensate and 29.5 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Cormorant East produced about 2.8 million barrels of oil and condensate and 29.5 million cubic metres of gas between February 2013 and May 2024.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 210 barrels a day in May 2024. Highest year: 2015, averaging 1,600 barrels a day. Highest month: February 2015.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.002 million cubic metres a day in May 2024. Highest year: 2015, averaging 0.015 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: June 2014.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2024 (Jan–May)	500	0.004
2023	590	0.005
2022	540	0.005
2021	700	0.006
2020	680	0.006
2019	460	0.005
2018	420	0.004
2017	750	0.006
2016	980	0.008
2015	1,600	0.015
2014	480	0.01
2013 (Feb–Dec)	390	0.008

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil field
Operator	TAQA Europa B.V.
Partners	TAQA Bratani Limited 60% NEO NEXT+ Energy Petroleum Limited 40%
Original operator	Dana
Discovered	October 2012 (well 211/21-N94)
First production	January 2013
Water depth	161 m
Region	Northern North Sea

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Cormorant North (0.4 km), Eider (6.2 km), Fionn (7.1 km), Causeway (7.8 km), Kestrel (8 km), Merlin (9.9 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.