Gas field · UK

Europa

Name: Europa gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Europa is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1972 and produced from 2000 to 2016. Production has ceased. From February 2001, when its monthly records begin, it produced about 1.8 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Europa produced about 1.8 billion cubic metres of gas between February 2001 and January 2016. The NSTA's monthly records for the field begin in February 2001, but it started producing in January 2000, so earlier output isn't included.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.01 million cubic metres a day in January 2016. Highest year: 2002, averaging 0.74 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2001.

Average production by year

Year	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan)	0.01
2015	0.001
2014	under 0.001
2013	0.088
2012	0.041
2011	0.12
2010	0.33
2009	0.46
2008	0.15
2007	0.21
2006	0.32
2005	0.32
2004	0.4
2003	0.6
2002	0.74
2001 (Feb–Dec)	1.1

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited 50% Equinor UK Limited 30% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 20%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	October 1972 (well 49/22-3)
First production	January 2000
Water depth	21 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	6

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Sinope (0.6 km), Callisto (3.8 km), Bessemer (5.1 km), Ganymede (5.3 km), Bell (6.5 km), Victor (7.4 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef 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.