Oil field · UK

Ettrick

Ettrick is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by CNOOC International. It was discovered in 1981 and produced from 2009 to 2016. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 26.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 394 million cubic metres of gas.

Production

Ettrick produced about 26.6 million barrels of oil and condensate and 394 million cubic metres of gas between August 2009 and May 2016.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Ettrick: oil and condensate production by month, August 2009 to May 2016010k20k30k2010201220142016

Latest: 3,100 barrels a day in May 2016. Highest year: 2010, averaging 17,000 barrels a day. Highest month: August 2010.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Ettrick: gas production by month, August 2009 to May 201600.10.20.30.42010201220142016

Latest: 0.046 million cubic metres a day in May 2016. Highest year: 2011, averaging 0.25 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2010.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan–May)3,2000.048
20154,3000.065
20146,4000.11
20139,1000.16
201214,0000.24
201115,0000.25
201017,0000.16
2009 (Aug–Dec)13,0000.2

Field details

StatusProduction ceased
TypeOil field
OperatorCNOOC International
Partners
  • CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited 64%
  • CNOOC Ettrick U.K. Limited 15%
  • Dana Petroleum (BVUK) Limited 12%
  • Atlantic Petroleum North Sea Limited 8%
Original operatorNexen
DiscoveredApril 1981 (well 20/02-1)
First productionAugust 2009
Water depth112 m
RegionCentral North Sea
Wells inside the outline18

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.

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.