Oil field · UK

Deveron

Deveron is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by EnQuest PLC. It was discovered in 1972 and produced from 1984 to 2019. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 22.5 million barrels of oil and condensate.

Production

Deveron produced about 22.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 114 million cubic metres of gas between September 1984 and October 2019.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Deveron: oil and condensate production by month, September 1984 to October 201902.5k5k7.5k10k199020002010

Latest: 1,400 barrels a day in October 2019. Highest year: 1986, averaging 6,400 barrels a day. Highest month: November 1989.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Deveron: gas production by month, September 1984 to October 201900.020.040.060.08199020002010

Latest: 0.006 million cubic metres a day in October 2019. Highest year: 1986, averaging 0.035 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 1989.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2019 (Jan–Oct)1,7000.007
20182,4000.01
20172,7000.011
20162,8000.014
20151,4000.009
20141,3000.007
20131,3000.006
20122,4000.012
20113600.002
20104000.002
20093200.002
2008210under 0.001
20072900.001
20063200.001
20055100.002
20044900.002
20033900.002
20023900.002
2001220under 0.001
2000200under 0.001
19998300.004
19981,1000.005
19975400.003
19961,2000.007
19951,1000.006
19949600.005
19931,2000.007
19921,2000.007
19919400.004
19904,0000.018
19893,8000.025
19885,4000.027
19875,4000.028
19866,4000.035
19856,1000.027
1984 (Sep–Dec)4,5000.029

Field details

StatusProduction ceased
TypeOil field
OperatorEnQuest PLC
Partners
  • Britoil Limited 81%
  • Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 18%
  • EnQuest Heather Limited 0%
Original operatorBritoil
DiscoveredSeptember 1972 (well 211/18-1)
First productionSeptember 1984
Water depth163 m
RegionNorthern North Sea
Wells inside the outline1

Platforms and installations

Thistle APlatform · Active · EnQuest PLC

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P236BP Exploration, EnQuest PLC, Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, Mitsubishi Corporation

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.