Oil field · UK
Loyal
Loyal is an oil field west of Shetland, operated by BP Exploration. It was discovered in 1994 and has produced since 1998.
Production
Loyal has produced about 71.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 943 million cubic metres of gas since October 1998.
Latest: 2,200 barrels a day in April 2026. Highest year: 2000, averaging 23,000 barrels a day. Highest month: September 2002.
Latest: 0.031 million cubic metres a day in April 2026. Highest year: 2000, averaging 0.33 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: August 2012.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Apr) | 4,000 | 0.059 |
| 2025 | 4,900 | 0.083 |
| 2024 | 4,800 | 0.062 |
| 2023 | 5,200 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 7,200 | 0.063 |
| 2021 | 7,800 | 0.092 |
| 2020 | 6,600 | 0.078 |
| 2019 | 7,300 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 7,700 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 820 | 0.057 |
| 2011 | 11 | under 0.001 |
| 2010 | 630 | 0.014 |
| 2009 | 1,100 | 0.014 |
| 2008 | 3,500 | 0.056 |
| 2007 | 5,900 | 0.062 |
| 2006 | 9,200 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 9,500 | 0.092 |
| 2004 | 13,000 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 17,000 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 20,000 | 0.26 |
| 2001 | 18,000 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 23,000 | 0.33 |
| 1999 | 18,000 | 0.29 |
| 1998 (Oct–Dec) | 7,600 | 0.12 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | BP Exploration |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | BP |
| Discovered | December 1994 (well 204/20-3) |
| First production | July 1998 |
| Water depth | 474 m |
| Region | West of Shetland |
| Wells inside the outline | 29 |
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:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Schiehallion (0.4 km), Alligin (4.5 km).
- Protected areas overlapping the field: Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt NCMPA.
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.
Loyal's production adds up the NSTA's reports for Loyal.