Oil field · UK

Pict

Pict is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Dana Petroleum Limited. It was discovered in 1982 and has produced since 2005.

Production

Pict has produced about 13.9 million barrels of oil and condensate and 244 million cubic metres of gas since June 2005.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Pict: oil and condensate production by month, June 2005 to March 202405k10k15k20k201020152020

Latest: 67 barrels a day in March 2024. Highest year: 2006, averaging 9,700 barrels a day. Highest month: July 2005.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Pict: gas production by month, June 2005 to March 202400.20.40.6201020152020

Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in March 2024. Highest year: 2006, averaging 0.19 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: July 2005.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2024 (Jan–Mar)1500.002
202349under 0.001
202266under 0.001
20211900.002
202000
2019510.001
201815under 0.001
20171900.005
20162100.004
20154900.009
20147300.013
20137400.016
20121,4000.026
20111,7000.03
20103,0000.051
20093,2000.047
20083,5000.033
20075,2000.11
20069,7000.19
2005 (Jun–Dec)13,0000.23

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeOil field
OperatorDana Petroleum Limited
Licensee
  • Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited 100%
Original operatorPetro-Canada
DiscoveredJanuary 1982 (well 21/23b-1)
First productionJune 2005
Water depth84 m
RegionCentral North Sea
Wells inside the outline8

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:

P353Dana Petroleum Limited

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.