Oil and gas field · UK

Marnock-Skua

Name: Marnock-Skua oil and gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Marnock-Skua is an oil and gas field in the central North Sea, operated by BP Exploration. It was discovered in 1983 and has produced since 1998. In July 2026 it produced about 11,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.29 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Marnock-Skua has produced about 46.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 16.3 billion cubic metres of gas since November 1998.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 11,000 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2002, averaging 25,000 barrels a day. Highest month: March 2002.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.29 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2000, averaging 7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2000.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	13,000	0.34
2025	3,100	0.22
2024	190	0.14
2023	180	0.13
2022	220	0.16
2021	310	0.25
2020	310	0.33
2019	420	0.38
2018	300	0.19
2017	330	0.3
2016	430	0.39
2015	470	0.4
2014	110	0.12
2013	140	0.22
2012	380	0.36
2011	720	0.62
2010	710	0.9
2009	1,000	1
2008	970	1.1
2007	1,200	1.2
2006	2,200	1.9
2005	2,300	2.3
2004	9,100	3.6
2003	13,000	4.8
2002	25,000	6.5
2001	19,000	6.2
2000	20,000	7
1999	16,000	3.8
1998 (Nov–Dec)	1,700	0.22

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil and gas field
Operator	BP Exploration
Licensee	BP Exploration Operating Company Limited 100%
Original operator	BP
Discovered	December 1983 (well 22/24a-2)
First production	November 1998
Water depth	93 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	23

Platforms and installations

ETAP PDRPlatform · Active · BP Exploration

ETAP QUPlatform · Active · BP Exploration

Licences

The field lies in these 3 current licences:

P92BP Exploration, CNOOC International

P358BP Exploration

P2452BP Exploration, NEO NEXT+ Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Brechin (1.2 km), Arkwright (4.8 km), Seagull (5.1 km), Egret (6.5 km), Mirren (7.4 km), Wood (9.7 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.

Marnock-Skua's production adds up the NSTA's reports for Marnock, Murlach, Skua.