Oil field · UK
Cormorant North
Cormorant North is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by TAQA Europa B.V.. It was discovered in 1974 and produced from 1982 to 2024. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 454 million barrels of oil and condensate.
Production
Cormorant North produced about 454 million barrels of oil and condensate and 3.3 billion cubic metres of gas between February 1982 and June 2024.
Latest: 800 barrels a day in June 2024. Highest year: 1986, averaging 108,000 barrels a day. Highest month: November 1984.
Latest: 0.007 million cubic metres a day in June 2024. Highest year: 1986, averaging 0.64 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 1987.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 (Jan–Jun) | 1,500 | 0.015 |
| 2023 | 3,300 | 0.038 |
| 2022 | 4,700 | 0.055 |
| 2021 | 6,100 | 0.074 |
| 2020 | 5,300 | 0.061 |
| 2019 | 3,900 | 0.056 |
| 2018 | 4,900 | 0.062 |
| 2017 | 4,800 | 0.055 |
| 2016 | 5,300 | 0.063 |
| 2015 | 5,900 | 0.081 |
| 2014 | 7,500 | 0.069 |
| 2013 | 9,100 | 0.078 |
| 2012 | 8,000 | 0.078 |
| 2011 | 7,400 | 0.077 |
| 2010 | 11,000 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 8,500 | 0.082 |
| 2008 | 9,000 | 0.068 |
| 2007 | 11,000 | 0.049 |
| 2006 | 13,000 | 0.094 |
| 2005 | 14,000 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 13,000 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 19,000 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 23,000 | 0.2 |
| 2001 | 30,000 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 31,000 | 0.27 |
| 1999 | 31,000 | 0.25 |
| 1998 | 34,000 | 0.28 |
| 1997 | 30,000 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 30,000 | 0.24 |
| 1995 | 42,000 | 0.31 |
| 1994 | 44,000 | 0.34 |
| 1993 | 35,000 | 0.27 |
| 1992 | 29,000 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 35,000 | 0.28 |
| 1990 | 62,000 | 0.42 |
| 1989 | 60,000 | 0.4 |
| 1988 | 86,000 | 0.53 |
| 1987 | 88,000 | 0.61 |
| 1986 | 108,000 | 0.64 |
| 1985 | 106,000 | 0.54 |
| 1984 | 93,000 | 0.47 |
| 1983 | 45,000 | 0.26 |
| 1982 (Feb–Dec) | 30,000 | 0.2 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | TAQA Europa B.V. |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Shell |
| Discovered | August 1974 (well 211/21-2) |
| First production | February 1982 |
| Water depth | 160 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 198 |
Platforms and installations
2 installations are removed or no longer in use: Cormorant A, Cormorant North.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Cormorant East (0.4 km), Pelican (0.6 km), South Cormorant (1.1 km), Eider (3.2 km), Kestrel (3.9 km), North West Hutton (7.1 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.