Oil field · UK
Crathes
Crathes is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by EnQuest PLC. It was discovered in 2011 and has produced since 2016. In July 2026 it produced about 680 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.007 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Crathes has produced about 8.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 80.4 million cubic metres of gas since November 2016.
Latest: 680 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2017, averaging 4,600 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2019.
Latest: 0.007 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2017, averaging 0.062 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 2017.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 560 | 0.005 |
| 2025 | 640 | 0.006 |
| 2024 | 700 | 0.007 |
| 2023 | 930 | 0.009 |
| 2022 | 1,700 | 0.016 |
| 2021 | 2,300 | 0.021 |
| 2020 | 4,000 | 0.033 |
| 2019 | 4,000 | 0.037 |
| 2018 | 2,400 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 4,600 | 0.062 |
| 2016 (Nov–Dec) | 5,400 | 0.045 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | EnQuest PLC |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | EnQuest |
| Discovered | December 2011 (well 21/13a-5) |
| First production | November 2016 |
| Water depth | 94 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 1 |
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.