Oil field · UK

Janice

Name: Janice oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Janice is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1990 and produced from 1999 to 2016. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 57.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 772 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Janice produced about 57.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 772 million cubic metres of gas between February 1999 and May 2016.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 1,800 barrels a day in May 2016. Highest year: 2000, averaging 24,000 barrels a day. Highest month: July 1999.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.026 million cubic metres a day in May 2016. Highest year: 2000, averaging 0.33 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 1999.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan–May)	2,800	0.04
2015	3,600	0.049
2014	4,300	0.056
2013	3,400	0.051
2012	3,600	0.055
2011	2,000	0.036
2010	2,600	0.047
2009	1,600	0.025
2008	710	0.008
2007	2,800	0.035
2006	6,800	0.073
2005	5,100	0.07
2004	10,000	0.17
2003	12,000	0.16
2002	15,000	0.17
2001	21,000	0.28
2000	24,000	0.33
1999 (Feb–Dec)	40,000	0.53

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil field
Operator	NEO NEXT+ Energy
Licensee	NEO NEXT+ Energy Offshore UK Limited 100%
Original operator	Kerr-McGee
Discovered	May 1990 (well 30/17a-10)
First production	February 1999
Water depth	77 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	27

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:

P32Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: James (2.4 km), Nethan (3.4 km), Clyde (3.4 km), Auk (5 km), Medwin (5.7 km), Leven (5.8 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: Fulmar MCZ - Secretary of State.

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.