Gas field · UK

Sinope

Name: Sinope gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Sinope is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1994 and produced from 1999 to 2004. Production has ceased. From February 2001, when its monthly records begin, it produced about 14.8 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Sinope produced about 14.8 million cubic metres of gas between February 2001 and September 2004. The NSTA's monthly records for the field begin in February 2001, but it started producing in September 1999, so earlier output isn't included.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.068 million cubic metres a day in September 2004. Highest year: 2001, averaging 0.035 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2001.

Average production by year

Year	Gas, million m³ a day
2004 (Jan–Sep)	0.011
2003	0
2002	0
2001 (Feb–Dec)	0.035

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited 50% Equinor UK Limited 30% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 20%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	August 1994 (well 49/22-15)
First production	September 1999
Water depth	34 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	11

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Ganymede (0.6 km), Europa (0.6 km), Callisto (1.7 km), Victor (4.6 km), Bell (5 km), Bessemer (5 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef 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.