Offshore Data Atlas

Gas condensate field · UK

Skene

Skene is a gas condensate field in the northern North Sea, operated by Apache Corporation. It was discovered in 1976 and has produced since 2001. In July 2026 it produced about 59 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.059 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Skene has produced about 10.8 million barrels of oil and condensate and 9.3 billion cubic metres of gas since December 2001.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month
Skene: gas production by month, December 2001 to July 2026024620052010201520202025

Latest: 0.059 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2002, averaging 4.2 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: May 2002.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month
Skene: oil and condensate production by month, December 2001 to July 202605k10k15k20052010201520202025

Latest: 59 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2002, averaging 6,800 barrels a day. Highest month: May 2002.

Average production by year

YearOil and condensate, barrels a dayGas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)700.061
2025870.072
2024790.067
20232200.16
20224500.24
20212800.15
20202700.18
20192800.19
20182200.18
20171000.11
20163400.27
20154300.45
20144300.55
20134600.64
20124900.73
20115800.84
20106501
20091,0001.2
20081,1001.2
20071,5001.5
20061,9002
20052,3002.4
20044,0003.1
20035,4004
20026,8004.2
2001 (Dec)1,7000.82

Field details

StatusProducing
TypeGas condensate field
OperatorApache Corporation
Partners
  • Apache Beryl I Limited 65%
  • Chrysaor Limited 34%
Original operatorExxonMobil
DiscoveredMay 1976 (well 9/19-2)
First productionDecember 2001
Water depth120 m
RegionNorthern North Sea
Wells inside the outline18

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:

P103Apache Corporation, BP Exploration, Harbour Energy PLC, Ithaca Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy, Nobel Upstream, TAQA Europa B.V.

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.