Gas field · UK

Tyne South

Name: Tyne South gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Tyne South is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Perenco Oil & Gas. It was discovered in 1992 and produced from 1996 to 2014. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 3.1 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Tyne South produced about 356,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 3.1 billion cubic metres of gas between November 1996 and June 2014.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: under 0.001 million cubic metres a day in June 2014. Highest year: 1997, averaging 1.5 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 1998.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 0 barrels a day in June 2014. Highest year: 2005, averaging 460 barrels a day. Highest month: July 2005.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2014 (Jan–Jun)	2	0.021
2013	0	0.077
2012	0	0.1
2011	0	0.12
2010	0	0.097
2009	0	0.16
2008	0	0.12
2007	0	under 0.001
2006	10	0.17
2005	460	0.3
2004	9	0.27
2003	10	0.42
2002	16	0.5
2001	50	0.88
2000	53	0.99
1999	76	1.3
1998	170	1.2
1997	110	1.5
1996 (Nov–Dec)	120	1.8

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Perenco Oil & Gas
Licensee	Perenco UK Limited 100%
Original operator	Arco
Discovered	January 1992 (well 44/18-1)
First production	November 1996
Water depth	20 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	18

Platforms and installations

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

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P2668Ithaca Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Tyne North (0.6 km), Hawksley (1.1 km), Munro (4.3 km), Katy (5.4 km), Cygnus (9.1 km), McAdam (9.2 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: Dogger Bank SAC, Southern North Sea 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.