Gas field · UK

Viscount

Name: Viscount gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Viscount is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 2001 and produced from 2002 to 2015. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 96 million cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Viscount produced about 5,100 barrels of oil and condensate and 96 million cubic metres of gas between January 2003 and September 2015.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.006 million cubic metres a day in September 2015. Highest year: 2010, averaging 0.091 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: August 2010.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 0 barrels a day in September 2015. Highest year: 2013, averaging 4 barrels a day. Highest month: November 2013.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2015 (Jan–Sep)	0	0.004
2014	1	0.006
2013	4	0.013
2012	under 1	0.016
2011	2	0.024
2010	3	0.091
2009	1	0.04
2008	under 1	0.029
2007	0	0
2006	0	0
2005	0	0
2004	0	0.007
2003	0	0.032

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	June 2001 (well 49/16-13)
First production	November 2002
Water depth	33 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: Vanguard (0.9 km), Viking C (1.3 km), Ganymede (1.7 km), Vixen (2.7 km), Valkyrie (3.1 km), Victor (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.