Gas field · UK

McAdam

Name: McAdam gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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McAdam is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1990 and produced from 2003 to 2018. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 3.9 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

McAdam produced about 3.9 billion cubic metres of gas between January 2004 and August 2018.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.014 million cubic metres a day in August 2018. Highest year: 2006, averaging 2.5 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 2005.

Average production by year

Year	Gas, million m³ a day
2018 (Jan–Aug)	0.039
2017	0.08
2016	0.11
2015	0.1
2014	0.15
2013	0.31
2012	0.41
2011	0.51
2010	0.5
2009	0.66
2008	0.97
2007	1.3
2006	2.5
2005	1.6
2004	1.4

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 59% Ithaca (NE) UKCS Limited 26% Tullow Oil SK Limited 14%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	May 1990 (well 44/17-1)
First production	April 2003
Water depth	33 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	4

Platforms and installations

No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P2668Ithaca Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Hunter (0.8 km), Kelvin (2.6 km), Munro (5 km), Murdoch (7.3 km), Hawksley (8.2 km), Tyne South (9.2 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: Dogger Bank SAC, Southern North Sea SAC.

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.