Gas field · UK

Victor

Name: Victor gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Victor is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1972 and produced from 1984 to 2016. Production has ceased. From January 1986, when its monthly records begin, it produced about 20.2 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Victor produced about 2.1 million barrels of oil and condensate and 20.2 billion cubic metres of gas between January 1986 and January 2016. The NSTA's monthly records for the field begin in January 1986, but it started producing in September 1984, so earlier output isn't included.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.27 million cubic metres a day in January 2016. Highest year: 1997, averaging 4.7 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 1987.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 15 barrels a day in January 2016. Highest year: 1995, averaging 2,900 barrels a day. Highest month: January 1995.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan)	15	0.27
2015	29	0.42
2014	410	0.42
2013	18	0.52
2012	52	0.85
2011	56	1.1
2010	73	0.91
2009	45	1.1
2008	34	1.1
2007	39	1.7
2006	57	1.7
2005	69	1
2004	40	1.4
2003	42	1.5
2002	56	1.4
2001	38	2.1
2000	33	2.7
1999	58	2.6
1998	140	2.9
1997	320	4.7
1996	340	4.5
1995	2,900	3.8
1994	0	0
1993	0	0
1992	0	0
1991	0	0
1990	80	1.9
1989	130	2.5
1988	250	3.9
1987	220	4.3
1986	180	3.9

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Spirit Energy Resources Limited 30% Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited 25% Chrysaor (U.K.) Theta Limited 20% Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited 10% INEOS UK SNS Limited 10% CalEnergy Gas Limited 5% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 0%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	May 1972 (well 49/22-2)
First production	September 1984
Water depth	40 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	11

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Bell (0.2 km), Indefatigable South West (1.5 km), Vixen (1.7 km), Callisto (2.9 km), Ganymede (3.4 km), Viscount (3.7 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.