Gas field · UK

Whittle

Name: Whittle gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Whittle is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Perenco Oil & Gas. It was discovered in 1990 and has produced since 2002. In July 2026 it produced about 0.13 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Whittle has produced about 50,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 3.9 billion cubic metres of gas since April 2003.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.13 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2004, averaging 1.3 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: June 2003.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 1 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2016, averaging 33 barrels a day. Highest month: January 2016.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	2	0.15
2025	3	0.17
2024	2	0.15
2023	3	0.16
2022	4	0.12
2021	8	0.26
2020	13	0.31
2019	18	0.32
2018	20	0.32
2017	24	0.37
2016	33	0.36
2015	6	0.39
2014	under 1	0.38
2013	0	0.4
2012	0	0.24
2011	0	0.003
2010	0	0.28
2009	0	0.55
2008	0	0.6
2007	0	0.77
2006	0	0.84
2005	0	1.2
2004	0	1.3
2003 (Apr–Dec)	0	1.6

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Gas field
Operator	Perenco Oil & Gas
Partners	Perenco UK Limited 66% RockRose UKCS 10 Limited 33%
Original operator	BP
Discovered	July 1990 (well 42/28b-5)
First production	December 2002
Water depth	53 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. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P606Perenco Oil & Gas, RockRose Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Wollaston (3.6 km), Tolmount (4.8 km), Cleeton (6.8 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: 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.