Oil field · UK
Solan
Solan is an oil field west of Shetland, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1992 and produced from 2016 to 2025. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 13.1 million barrels of oil and condensate.
Production
Solan produced about 13.1 million barrels of oil and condensate and 41.7 million cubic metres of gas between April 2016 and April 2025.
Latest: 2,400 barrels a day in April 2025. Highest year: 2017, averaging 5,800 barrels a day. Highest month: August 2016.
Latest: 0.009 million cubic metres a day in April 2025. Highest year: 2017, averaging 0.019 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: August 2016.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (Jan–Apr) | 2,300 | 0.007 |
| 2024 | 2,700 | 0.007 |
| 2023 | 3,400 | 0.008 |
| 2022 | 4,300 | 0.011 |
| 2021 | 4,500 | 0.012 |
| 2020 | 1,900 | 0.007 |
| 2019 | 3,400 | 0.014 |
| 2018 | 4,500 | 0.018 |
| 2017 | 5,800 | 0.019 |
| 2016 (Apr–Dec) | 5,900 | 0.021 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Harbour Energy PLC |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Premier |
| Discovered | May 1992 (well 205/26a-4) |
| First production | April 2016 |
| Water depth | 130 m |
| Region | West of Shetland |
| Wells inside the outline | 20 |
Platforms and installations
One installation is removed or no longer in use: Solan.
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
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.