Oil field · UK
South Cormorant
South Cormorant is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by TAQA Europa B.V.. It was discovered in 1972 and produced from 1979 to 2025. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 231 million barrels of oil and condensate and 4 billion cubic metres of gas.
Production
South Cormorant produced about 231 million barrels of oil and condensate and 4 billion cubic metres of gas between December 1979 and March 2025.
Latest: 0 barrels a day in March 2025. Highest year: 1986, averaging 47,000 barrels a day. Highest month: March 1986.
Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in March 2025. Highest year: 1986, averaging 0.7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 1986.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (Jan–Mar) | 0 | under 0.001 |
| 2024 | 1,400 | 0.037 |
| 2023 | 2,700 | 0.093 |
| 2022 | 3,200 | 0.098 |
| 2021 | 3,200 | 0.096 |
| 2020 | 3,100 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 3,700 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 4,000 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 3,600 | 0.096 |
| 2016 | 4,200 | 0.12 |
| 2015 | 6,400 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 5,700 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 2,800 | 0.004 |
| 2012 | 3,600 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 3,800 | 0.12 |
| 2010 | 3,500 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 4,300 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 4,700 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 3,400 | 0.092 |
| 2006 | 7,100 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 3,700 | 0.071 |
| 2004 | 3,500 | 0.067 |
| 2003 | 8,100 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 12,000 | 0.24 |
| 2001 | 13,000 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 19,000 | 0.34 |
| 1999 | 18,000 | 0.28 |
| 1998 | 17,000 | 0.37 |
| 1997 | 21,000 | 0.45 |
| 1996 | 20,000 | 0.4 |
| 1995 | 17,000 | 0.29 |
| 1994 | 19,000 | 0.31 |
| 1993 | 14,000 | 0.25 |
| 1992 | 22,000 | 0.36 |
| 1991 | 22,000 | 0.33 |
| 1990 | 24,000 | 0.37 |
| 1989 | 11,000 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 43,000 | 0.55 |
| 1987 | 39,000 | 0.54 |
| 1986 | 47,000 | 0.7 |
| 1985 | 43,000 | 0.61 |
| 1984 | 35,000 | 0.41 |
| 1983 | 33,000 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 18,000 | 0.28 |
| 1981 | 15,000 | 0.23 |
| 1980 | 22,000 | 0.41 |
| 1979 (Dec) | 9,000 | 0.17 |
Field details
| Status | Production ceased |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | TAQA Europa B.V. |
| Licensee |
|
| Original operator | Shell |
| Discovered | September 1972 (well 211/26-1) |
| First production | December 1979 |
| Water depth | 155 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 2 |
Platforms and installations
One installation is removed or no longer in use: Cormorant A.
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Pelican (0.8 km), Cormorant North (1.1 km), North West Hutton (9.1 km), Heather (9.4 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.