Oil field · UK
Machar
Machar is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by BP Exploration. It was discovered in 1976 and has produced since 1994. In July 2026 it produced about 1,600 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.23 million cubic metres of gas a day.
Production
Machar has produced about 134 million barrels of oil and condensate and 4.6 billion cubic metres of gas since June 1994.
Latest: 1,600 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 1999, averaging 36,000 barrels a day. Highest month: March 1999.
Latest: 0.23 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2001, averaging 1 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2001.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 2,100 | 0.34 |
| 2025 | 3,400 | 0.68 |
| 2024 | 3,100 | 0.59 |
| 2023 | 4,000 | 0.75 |
| 2022 | 5,300 | 0.89 |
| 2021 | 4,900 | 0.52 |
| 2020 | 5,900 | 0.54 |
| 2019 | 8,500 | 0.57 |
| 2018 | 7,900 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 10,000 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 8,800 | 0.26 |
| 2015 | 7,800 | 0.35 |
| 2014 | 10,000 | 0.43 |
| 2013 | 9,600 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 6,000 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 9,400 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 12,000 | 0.21 |
| 2009 | 12,000 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 7,600 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 11,000 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 19,000 | 0.31 |
| 2005 | 14,000 | 0.21 |
| 2004 | 15,000 | 0.28 |
| 2003 | 9,400 | 0.32 |
| 2002 | 16,000 | 0.57 |
| 2001 | 28,000 | 1 |
| 2000 | 31,000 | 0.64 |
| 1999 | 36,000 | 0.83 |
| 1998 | 8,800 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9,200 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 18,000 | 0.49 |
| 1994 (Jun–Dec) | 22,000 | 0.51 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | BP Exploration |
| Licensee |
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| Original operator | BP |
| Discovered | April 1976 (well 23/26a-1) |
| First production | June 1994 |
| Water depth | 84 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 48 |
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: Erskine (0.4 km), Scoter (3.9 km), Shearwater (4.9 km), Merganser (8.2 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.