Oil field · UK
Ness
Ness is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by Apache Corporation. It was discovered in 1986 and has produced since 1987.
Production
Ness has produced about 35.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 842 million cubic metres of gas since August 1987.
Latest: 0 barrels a day in April 2023. Highest year: 1988, averaging 16,000 barrels a day. Highest month: May 1988.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in April 2023. Highest year: 1991, averaging 0.26 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 1991.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 (Jan–Apr) | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | under 0.001 |
| 2021 | 0 | under 0.001 |
| 2020 | 12 | under 0.001 |
| 2019 | 41 | 0.002 |
| 2018 | 150 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 260 | 0.019 |
| 2016 | 150 | 0.008 |
| 2015 | 71 | 0.004 |
| 2014 | 27 | 0.004 |
| 2013 | 99 | under 0.001 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 420 | 0.012 |
| 2010 | 1,400 | 0.048 |
| 2009 | 490 | 0.017 |
| 2008 | 910 | 0.045 |
| 2007 | 370 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 720 | 0.025 |
| 2005 | 90 | 0.002 |
| 2004 | 180 | 0.006 |
| 2003 | 1,900 | 0.078 |
| 2002 | 2,400 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 2,800 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 840 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 2,500 | 0.047 |
| 1998 | 2,200 | 0.041 |
| 1997 | 3,500 | 0.067 |
| 1996 | 1,600 | 0.029 |
| 1995 | 1,900 | 0.039 |
| 1994 | 3,600 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 6,000 | 0.16 |
| 1992 | 6,500 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 8,900 | 0.26 |
| 1990 | 10,000 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 14,000 | 0.21 |
| 1988 | 16,000 | 0.23 |
| 1987 (Aug–Dec) | 15,000 | 0.22 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Apache Corporation |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | Mobil |
| Discovered | May 1986 (well 9/13b-28A) |
| First production | August 1987 |
| Water depth | 113 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 18 |
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 these 2 current licences:
Nearby
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.