Gas field · UK

Vampire

Name: Vampire gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Vampire is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1994 and produced from 1999 to 2007. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 1.7 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Vampire produced about 98,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 1.7 billion cubic metres of gas between September 1999 and February 2007.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 1.1 million cubic metres a day in February 2007. Highest year: 2000, averaging 2 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 1999.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 200 barrels a day in February 2007. Highest year: 2001, averaging 68 barrels a day. Highest month: February 2007.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2007 (Jan–Feb)	97	0.53
2006	9	0
2005	0	0
2004	19	0.096
2003	30	0.22
2002	47	0.33
2001	68	0.87
2000	65	2
1999 (Sep–Dec)	41	3

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	BP Exploration (Alpha) Limited 30% Chrysaor Petroleum Limited 30% BP Exploration Beta Limited 20% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 20%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	January 1994 (well 49/16-11)
First production	September 1999
Water depth	28 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	5

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Audrey (2.2 km), Valkyrie (2.2 km), Galleon (3.7 km), Viking C (4.9 km), North Valiant (5.2 km), Alison (7 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef 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.