Oil and gas field · UK

Scoter

Name: Scoter oil and gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Scoter is an oil and gas field in the central North Sea, operated by Shell PLC. It was discovered in 1989 and produced from 2003 to 2020. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 10.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 8.3 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Scoter produced about 10.5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 8.3 billion cubic metres of gas between March 2004 and December 2020.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 400 barrels a day in December 2020. Highest year: 2006, averaging 5,800 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2006.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.21 million cubic metres a day in December 2020. Highest year: 2005, averaging 3.5 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2005.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2020	540	0.29
2019	700	0.32
2018	570	0.33
2017	870	0.35
2016	580	0.44
2015	720	0.55
2014	550	0.88
2013	700	1
2012	290	0.61
2011	890	1.2
2010	1,200	1.6
2009	680	1.4
2008	1,600	1.9
2007	3,400	2.6
2006	5,800	3.3
2005	5,600	3.5
2004 (Mar–Dec)	5,000	2.9

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Oil and gas field
Operator	Shell PLC
Partners	NEO NEXT+ Energy Natural Resources Limited 44% Shell U.K. Limited 44% Premier Oil UK Limited 12%
Original operator	Shell
Discovered	November 1989 (well 22/30a-5)
First production	December 2003
Water depth	89 m
Region	Central North Sea
Wells inside the outline	5

Platforms and installations

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

Licences

The field lies in these 2 current licences:

P12Adura Energy, ExxonMobil International, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Shell PLC

P264BP Exploration, Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, Serica Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Merganser (0.3 km), Culzean (3.3 km), Machar (3.9 km), Erskine (6.5 km), Shearwater (6.7 km), Heron (7.4 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.