Gas condensate field · UK

Fram

Fram is a gas condensate field in the central North Sea, operated by Adura Energy. It was discovered in 1999 and has produced since 2020. In July 2026 it produced about 670 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.52 million cubic metres of gas a day.

Production

Fram has produced about 2.7 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.3 billion cubic metres of gas since June 2020.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
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Latest: 0.52 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2022, averaging 0.86 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 2020.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
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Latest: 670 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2022, averaging 1,800 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2020.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)6400.49
20256600.53
20246300.49
20238900.64
20221,8000.86
20211,7000.43
2020 (Jun–Dec)2,1000.75

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeGas condensate field
OperatorAdura Energy
Partners
  • NEO NEXT+ Energy (ZEX) Limited 68%
  • Adura Operations Limited 32%
Original operatorShell
DiscoveredOctober 1999 (well 29/03a-6)
First productionJune 2020
Water depth96 m
RegionCentral North Sea
Wells inside the outline17

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.

Licences

The field lies in these 3 current licences:

P12Adura Energy, ExxonMobil International, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC
P1664Adura Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy
P2617Adura Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy

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.