Gas condensate field · UK

Islay

Name: Islay gas condensate field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Islay is a gas condensate field in the northern North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 2006 and has produced since 2012. In July 2026 it produced about 110 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.23 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Islay has produced about 870,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 1.8 billion cubic metres of gas since April 2012.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.23 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2013, averaging 1.6 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 2012.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 110 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2013, averaging 490 barrels a day. Highest month: August 2012.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	28	0.059
2025	0	0
2024	under 1	0.002
2023	35	0.072
2022	39	0.08
2021	54	0.11
2020	47	0.11
2019	34	0.1
2018	32	0.097
2017	48	0.15
2016	65	0.23
2015	100	0.38
2014	150	0.6
2013	490	1.6
2012 (Apr–Dec)	1,700	1.8

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Gas condensate field
Operator	NEO NEXT+ Energy
Partners	NEO NEXT + Energy Resources UK Limited 100% NEO NEXT+ Energy E&P UK Limited 0%
Original operator	Total
Discovered	December 2006 (well 3/15-12)
First production	April 2012
Water depth	113 m
Region	Northern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	1

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:

P90BP Exploration, EnQuest PLC, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Serica Energy, Spirit Energy

Nearby

The field crosses the UK–Norway boundary: see Islay (Norwegian side).
Fields within 10 km: Jura (0.2 km), Forvie (4.5 km), Nuggets N1 (4.7 km), Ellon (5.2 km), Grant (7.2 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.