Oil field · UK

Dunlin South West

Name: Dunlin South West oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Dunlin South West is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Fairfield Energy Limited. It was discovered in 1973 and produced from 1996 to 2015. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 11.4 million barrels of oil and condensate.

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Production

Dunlin South West produced about 11.4 million barrels of oil and condensate and 76.8 million cubic metres of gas between March 1996 and May 2015.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 260 barrels a day in May 2015. Highest year: 1999, averaging 4,700 barrels a day. Highest month: May 1996.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.002 million cubic metres a day in May 2015. Highest year: 1998, averaging 0.029 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 1996.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2015 (Jan–May)	300	0.002
2014	250	0.002
2013	260	0.001
2012	170	0.001
2011	98	under 0.001
2010	440	0.004
2009	420	0.003
2008	810	0.008
2007	820	0.008
2006	960	0.007
2005	1,000	0.008
2004	660	0.005
2003	1,100	0.009
2002	1,700	0.014
2001	1,800	0.012
2000	2,200	0.014
1999	4,700	0.025
1998	4,600	0.029
1997	4,000	0.026
1996 (Mar–Dec)	6,200	0.036

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil field
Operator	Fairfield Energy Limited
Partners	MCX Dunlin (UK) Limited 100% Fairfield Betula Limited 0%
Original operator	Shell
Discovered	September 1973 (well 211/23-2)
First production	March 1996
Water depth	146 m
Region	Northern 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.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Dunlin (1.1 km), Merlin (5.3 km), Osprey (5.4 km), Causeway (6.7 km), Fionn (8.1 km), Thistle (9.1 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.