Oil field · UK

Flora

Flora is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Hess Limited. It was discovered in 1997 and produced from 1998 to 2008. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 15.5 million barrels of oil and condensate.

Production

Flora produced about 15.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 53.8 million cubic metres of gas between October 1998 and May 2008.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Flora: oil and condensate production by month, October 1998 to May 200805k10k15k20k20002002200420062008

Latest: 61 barrels a day in May 2008. Highest year: 1999, averaging 10,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 1999.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Flora: gas production by month, October 1998 to May 200800.020.040.0620002002200420062008

Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in May 2008. Highest year: 2000, averaging 0.035 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2000.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2008 (Jan–May)1,3000.006
20076900.003
20061,2000.003
20051,8000.006
20042,5000.012
20032,9000.008
20023,5000.012
20015,7000.027
200010,0000.035
199910,0000.03
1998 (Oct–Dec)13,0000.033

Field details

StatusProduction ceased
TypeOil field
OperatorHess Limited
Original operatorAmerada Hess
DiscoveredAugust 1997 (well 31/26a-12)
First productionOctober 1998
Water depth71 m
RegionCentral North Sea
Wells inside the outline6

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.