Gas field · UK
Esmond
Esmond is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1982 and produced. Production has ceased.
Production
North Sea Transition Authority has no production reported for Esmond up to July 2026.
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Gas field |
| Operator | Harbour Energy PLC |
| Original operator | Hamilton |
| Discovered | June 1982 (well 43/13a-1) |
| First production | June 1985 |
| Water depth | 35 m |
| Region | Southern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 9 |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Forbes (5.3 km).
- Wind farms within 40 km: Dogger Bank A (33 km).
- Protected areas overlapping the field: Dogger Bank SAC, Southern North Sea SAC.
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.