Gas field · UK

Vixen

Name: Vixen gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Vixen is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Harbour Energy PLC. It was discovered in 1999 and produced from 2000 to 2016. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 3.7 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Vixen produced about 6,500 barrels of oil and condensate and 3.7 billion cubic metres of gas between August 2000 and January 2016.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.002 million cubic metres a day in January 2016. Highest year: 2001, averaging 2.8 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: September 2000.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 0 barrels a day in January 2016. Highest year: 2004, averaging 18 barrels a day. Highest month: March 2004.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan)	0	0.002
2015	0	0.015
2014	0	0.061
2013	0	0.12
2012	0	0.068
2011	0	0.098
2010	0	0.045
2009	0	0.12
2008	0	0.13
2007	0	0.28
2006	0	0.38
2005	0	0.64
2004	18	0.66
2003	0	1.5
2002	0	1.9
2001	0	2.8
2000 (Aug–Dec)	0	3.3

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Harbour Energy PLC
Partners	Britoil Limited 50% Chrysaor Production (U.K.) Limited 50%
Original operator	Conoco
Discovered	May 1999 (well 49/17-13)
First production	August 2000
Water depth	34 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	2

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:

P2607Hartshead Resources Ltd, RockRose Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Viking C (1.5 km), Victor (1.7 km), Viking D (2.2 km), Viscount (2.7 km), Viking E (5.1 km), Ganymede (5.3 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.