Gas field · UK

Windermere

Name: Windermere gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Windermere is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by INEOS Industries. It was discovered in 1989 and produced from 1997 to 2016. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 1.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 2.1 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Windermere produced about 1.3 million barrels of oil and condensate and 2.1 billion cubic metres of gas between April 1997 and April 2016.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.032 million cubic metres a day in April 2016. Highest year: 1998, averaging 1.2 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: October 1997.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 17 barrels a day in April 2016. Highest year: 1998, averaging 800 barrels a day. Highest month: October 1997.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2016 (Jan–Apr)	9	0.018
2015	14	0.022
2014	16	0.025
2013	15	0.038
2012	11	0.04
2011	9	0.048
2010	8	0.042
2009	8	0.043
2008	28	0.078
2007	43	0.1
2006	45	0.11
2005	47	0.12
2004	100	0.24
2003	170	0.34
2002	240	0.45
2001	440	0.56
2000	490	0.75
1999	570	0.88
1998	800	1.2
1997 (Apr–Dec)	710	0.88

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	INEOS Industries
Partners	INEOS UK SNS Limited 60% Noble Energy (Oilex) Limited 20% Spirit Energy North Sea Limited 20%
Original operator	Wintershall
Discovered	December 1989 (well 49/09b-2)
First production	April 1997
Water depth	34 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	1

Platforms and installations

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

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Markham (2 km), Stamford (2 km), Grove (7.3 km), Chiswick (7.5 km).

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.