Oil field · UK
Egret
Egret is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Shell PLC. It was discovered in 1991 and produced from 1999 to 2011. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 10.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 345 million cubic metres of gas.
Production
Egret produced about 10.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 345 million cubic metres of gas between January 1999 and July 2011.
Latest: 0 barrels a day in July 2011. Highest year: 1999, averaging 8,000 barrels a day. Highest month: October 1999.
Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in July 2011. Highest year: 1999, averaging 0.24 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2006.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 (Jan–Jul) | 0 | under 0.001 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 670 | 0.021 |
| 2007 | 560 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 1,200 | 0.079 |
| 2005 | 2,000 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 6,200 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 1,400 | 0.047 |
| 2002 | 2,500 | 0.071 |
| 2001 | 2,100 | 0.058 |
| 2000 | 4,500 | 0.12 |
| 1999 | 8,000 | 0.24 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Shell PLC |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | Shell |
| Discovered | August 1991 (well 22/24d-10) |
| First production | January 1999 |
| Water depth | 91 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 2 |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Heron (2.1 km), Seagull (3.3 km), Marnock-Skua (6.5 km), Culzean (7 km), Merganser (7.9 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.