Oil field · UK
Vorlich
Vorlich is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by Ithaca Energy. It was discovered in 1985 and has produced since 2020.
Production
Vorlich has produced about 10.2 million barrels of oil and condensate and 1.5 billion cubic metres of gas since November 2020.
Latest: 2,900 barrels a day in March 2026. Highest year: 2021, averaging 9,000 barrels a day. Highest month: February 2021.
Latest: 0.03 million cubic metres a day in March 2026. Highest year: 2022, averaging 1.4 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: March 2022.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Mar) | 1,500 | 0.017 |
| 2025 | 2,600 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 3,600 | 0.35 |
| 2023 | 4,300 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 6,300 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 9,000 | 1.1 |
| 2020 (Nov–Dec) | 12,000 | 0.87 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Ithaca Energy |
| Partners |
|
| Discovered | October 1985 (well 30/01c-3) |
| First production | November 2020 |
| Region | Central North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 3 |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.
Licences
The field lies in these 2 current licences:
Nearby
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.