Oil field · UK

Iona

Name: Iona oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Iona is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1982 and produced from 1997 to 2013. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 1.7 million barrels of oil and condensate and 141 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Iona produced about 1.7 million barrels of oil and condensate and 141 million cubic metres of gas between January 1997 and February 2013.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: under 1 barrels a day in February 2013. Highest year: 1999, averaging 1,600 barrels a day. Highest month: July 1999.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in February 2013. Highest year: 2000, averaging 0.11 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: September 1999.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2013 (Jan–Feb)	2	under 0.001
2012	95	0.005
2011	81	under 0.001
2010	18	under 0.001
2009	67	0.002
2008	7	under 0.001
2007	18	under 0.001
2006	96	under 0.001
2005	0	0
2004	10	0.008
2003	46	0.021
2002	200	0.04
2001	510	0.073
2000	1,100	0.11
1999	1,600	0.091
1998	270	0.01
1997	590	0.022

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil field
Operator	NEO NEXT+ Energy
Partners	NEO NEXT + Energy North Sea Limited 36% Transworld Petroleum (U.K.) Limited 23% NEO NEXT + Energy Resources UK Limited 20% NEO NEXT + Energy Alpha Limited 19%
Original operator	Elf
Discovered	March 1982 (well 15/17-9)
First production	January 1997
Water depth	145 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	3

Platforms and installations

One installation is removed or no longer in use: Saltire.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Saltire (0.2 km), Piper (1.7 km), Chanter (2.3 km), Tartan (7.2 km), Scott (9.8 km).

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.