Oil field · UK
Kinnoull
Kinnoull is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by BP Exploration. It was discovered in 2008 and has produced since 2014. In July 2026 it produced about 1,700 barrels of oil and condensate a day.
Production
Kinnoull has produced about 44.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 455 million cubic metres of gas since December 2014.
Latest: 1,700 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2015, averaging 29,000 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2015.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2015, averaging 0.36 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 2015.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 1,700 | under 0.001 |
| 2025 | 2,200 | under 0.001 |
| 2024 | 1,600 | 0.001 |
| 2023 | 3,300 | under 0.001 |
| 2022 | 3,700 | 0.012 |
| 2021 | 2,900 | 0.028 |
| 2020 | 7,300 | 0.058 |
| 2019 | 12,000 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 15,000 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 21,000 | 0.24 |
| 2016 | 22,000 | 0.28 |
| 2015 | 29,000 | 0.36 |
| 2014 (Dec) | 590 | 0.009 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | BP Exploration |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Arco |
| Discovered | May 2008 (well 16/23-7) |
| First production | December 2014 |
| Water depth | 31 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 6 |
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 these 2 current licences:
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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.