Oil field · UK
Petronella
Petronella is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1975 and produced from 1986 to 2012. Production is suspended. Over its life it produced about 38.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.2 billion cubic metres of gas.
Production
Petronella produced about 38.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.2 billion cubic metres of gas between November 1986 and September 2012.
Latest: 67 barrels a day in September 2012. Highest year: 1991, averaging 11,000 barrels a day. Highest month: July 1991.
Latest: 0.003 million cubic metres a day in September 2012. Highest year: 1991, averaging 0.35 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 1988.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 (Jan–Sep) | 630 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 820 | 0.029 |
| 2010 | 1,200 | 0.029 |
| 2009 | 220 | 0.003 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 580 | 0.012 |
| 2006 | 820 | 0.019 |
| 2005 | 940 | 0.033 |
| 2004 | 1,500 | 0.048 |
| 2003 | 1,700 | 0.039 |
| 2002 | 1,900 | 0.072 |
| 2001 | 1,200 | 0.042 |
| 2000 | 1,300 | 0.062 |
| 1999 | 1,100 | 0.064 |
| 1998 | 2,600 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 2,500 | 0.058 |
| 1996 | 2,800 | 0.077 |
| 1995 | 6,100 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 8,800 | 0.25 |
| 1993 | 9,300 | 0.25 |
| 1992 | 11,000 | 0.3 |
| 1991 | 11,000 | 0.35 |
| 1990 | 11,000 | 0.34 |
| 1989 | 10,000 | 0.33 |
| 1988 | 6,400 | 0.23 |
| 1987 | 9,500 | 0.34 |
| 1986 (Nov–Dec) | 3,900 | 0.12 |
Field details
| Status | Production suspended |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | NEO NEXT+ Energy |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | Texaco |
| Discovered | February 1975 (well 14/20-1) |
| First production | November 1986 |
| Water depth | 138 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 3 |
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:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Duart (0.7 km), Highlander (5.1 km), Tartan (5.6 km), Claymore (9.9 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.