Oil field · UK

Maria

Name: Maria oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Maria is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1994 and has produced since 2008. In July 2026 it produced about 440 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.037 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Maria has produced about 7.9 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.3 billion cubic metres of gas since January 2008.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 440 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2009, averaging 5,700 barrels a day. Highest month: February 2009.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.037 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2009, averaging 0.58 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: June 2009.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	73	0.009
2025	59	0.02
2024	330	0.11
2023	510	0.16
2022	610	0.18
2021	820	0.22
2020	1,300	0.29
2019	2,100	0.32
2018	250	0.023
2017	5	under 0.001
2016	54	0.013
2015	180	0.041
2014	430	0.15
2013	710	0.25
2012	1,100	0.32
2011	710	0.16
2010	2,700	0.58
2009	5,700	0.58
2008	4,100	0.2

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Chrysaor Limited 64% Chrysaor North Sea Limited 36%
Original operator	BG
Discovered	January 1994 (well 16/29a-11)
First production	January 2008
Water depth	95 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 this current licence:

P110BP Exploration, Harbour Energy PLC

Nearby

The field crosses the UK–Norway boundary: see Maria (Norwegian side).
Fields within 10 km: Moira (0 km), Fleming (3 km), Hawkins (4.6 km), Maureen (5.3 km), Seymour (7.4 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain 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.