Oil field · UK

Gannet D

Name: Gannet D oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Gannet D is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Adura Energy. It was discovered in 1987 and has produced since 1992. In July 2026 it produced about 4,200 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.11 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Gannet D has produced about 54.7 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.6 billion cubic metres of gas since November 1992.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 4,200 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 12,000 barrels a day. Highest month: December 2000.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.11 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2003, averaging 0.32 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: April 2003.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	3,700	0.14
2025	3,300	0.1
2024	4,100	0.1
2023	3,400	0.09
2022	3,800	0.097
2021	4,600	0.13
2020	820	0.021
2019	500	0.006
2018	0	0
2017	0	0
2016	0	0
2015	640	0.013
2014	290	0.007
2013	0	0
2012	0	0
2011	480	0.018
2010	2,100	0.043
2009	3,000	0.11
2008	4,100	0.16
2007	5,000	0.19
2006	6,700	0.21
2005	4,100	0.1
2004	5,200	0.19
2003	7,600	0.32
2002	7,100	0.29
2001	12,000	0.32
2000	11,000	0.31
1999	8,000	0.22
1998	10,000	0.3
1997	9,800	0.28
1996	9,100	0.19
1995	7,500	0.13
1994	6,400	0.14
1993	6,600	0.17
1992 (Nov–Dec)	2,600	0.073

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil field
Operator	Adura Energy
Partners	Adura Operations Limited 50% NEO NEXT + Energy Alpha Limited 50%
Original operator	Shell
Discovered	August 1987 (well 22/21-5Z)
First production	October 1992
Water depth	92 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	16

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 this current licence:

P13Adura Energy, Dana Petroleum Limited, Hibiscus Petroleum, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Ping Petroleum Limited, Serica Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Gannet G (5.9 km), Cayley (9.9 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA.

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.