Oil field · UK
Stella
Stella is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Ithaca Energy. It was discovered in 1984 and has produced since 2017.
Production
Stella has produced about 4.7 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.8 billion cubic metres of gas since February 2017.
Latest: 490 barrels a day in March 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 2,600 barrels a day. Highest month: June 2017.
Latest: 0.067 million cubic metres a day in March 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 1.4 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: December 2017.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Mar) | 420 | 0.084 |
| 2025 | 500 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 260 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 290 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 900 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 820 | 0.39 |
| 2020 | 1,100 | 0.53 |
| 2019 | 1,600 | 0.86 |
| 2018 | 2,600 | 1.4 |
| 2017 (Feb–Dec) | 5,000 | 1.2 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Ithaca Energy |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | Shell |
| Discovered | May 1984 (well 30/06-3Z) |
| First production | February 2017 |
| Water depth | 87 m |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 25 |
Platforms and installations
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
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.