Oil field · UK
Lochranza
Lochranza is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1992 and has produced since 2010.
Production
Lochranza has produced about 17.1 million barrels of oil and condensate and 222 million cubic metres of gas since January 2010.
Latest: 1,100 barrels a day in May 2026. Highest year: 2010, averaging 10,000 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2012.
Latest: 0.013 million cubic metres a day in May 2026. Highest year: 2010, averaging 0.13 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: August 2010.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–May) | 1,000 | 0.012 |
| 2025 | 1,400 | 0.016 |
| 2024 | 1,300 | 0.015 |
| 2023 | 1,100 | 0.012 |
| 2022 | 1,400 | 0.018 |
| 2021 | 1,100 | 0.012 |
| 2020 | 1,200 | 0.013 |
| 2019 | 2,000 | 0.042 |
| 2018 | 1,100 | 0.016 |
| 2017 | 1,700 | 0.018 |
| 2016 | 1,500 | 0.017 |
| 2015 | 1,800 | 0.021 |
| 2014 | 2,400 | 0.044 |
| 2013 | 2,800 | 0.037 |
| 2012 | 8,500 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 6,700 | 0.086 |
| 2010 | 10,000 | 0.13 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | NEO NEXT+ Energy |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Maersk |
| Discovered | October 1992 (well 15/20b-11) |
| First production | January 2010 |
| Water depth | 147 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 20 |
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:
Nearby
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.