Gas field · UK

Ganymede

Name: Ganymede gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Ganymede is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1989 and produced from 1995 to 2016. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 7.8 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Ganymede produced about 760,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 7.8 billion cubic metres of gas between October 1995 and January 2016.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.18 million cubic metres a day in January 2016. Highest year: 1996, averaging 4.7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 1996.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 9 barrels a day in January 2016. Highest year: 2000, averaging 300 barrels a day. Highest month: October 1995.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan)	9	0.18
2015	3	0.062
2014	under 1	0.002
2013	15	0.23
2012	7	0.1
2011	11	0.099
2010	26	0.16
2009	32	0.18
2008	14	0.15
2007	24	0.3
2006	36	0.4
2005	91	0.59
2004	48	0.62
2003	82	0.78
2002	150	0.89
2001	270	1.1
2000	300	0.53
1999	250	1.8
1998	110	2.6
1997	210	4.5
1996	250	4.7
1995 (Oct–Dec)	630	5.8

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 Petroleum Limited 20% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 0%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	June 1989 (well 49/17-10)
First production	October 1995
Water depth	35 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	15

Platforms and installations

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

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P2607Hartshead Resources Ltd, RockRose Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Sinope (0.6 km), Viscount (1.7 km), Vanguard (2.6 km), Victor (3.4 km), Callisto (3.5 km), South Valiant (5 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SAC, Southern North Sea 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.