Gas field · UK

Wingate

Name: Wingate gas field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Wingate is a gas field in the southern North Sea, operated by Wintershall Noordzee. It was discovered in 2008 and produced from 2012 to 2025. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 4.9 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Production

Wingate produced about 117,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 4.9 billion cubic metres of gas between October 2011 and March 2025.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.095 million cubic metres a day in March 2025. Highest year: 2015, averaging 2.3 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2016.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 4 barrels a day in March 2025. Highest year: 2014, averaging 65 barrels a day. Highest month: October 2012.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2025 (Jan–Mar)	4	0.17
2024	6	0.18
2023	5	0.18
2022	1	0.099
2021	5	0.22
2020	6	0.3
2019	12	0.54
2018	21	0.9
2017	33	1.3
2016	41	2
2015	54	2.3
2014	65	1.7
2013	27	1.1
2012	40	2.2
2011 (Oct–Dec)	14	1.4

Field details

Status	Production ceased
Type	Gas field
Operator	Wintershall Noordzee
Partners	Wintershall Noordzee B.V. 64% Gazprom UK Resources, S.A. 20% XTO UK, Ltd 15%
Original operator	Wintershall
Discovered	September 2008 (well 44/24b-7)
First production	April 2012
Water depth	9 m
Region	Southern North Sea
Wells inside the outline	13

Platforms and installations

One installation is removed or no longer in use: Wingate Platform.

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Kelvin (0.8 km), Minke (1.5 km), Katy (2.2 km), Orca (4.4 km), Hunter (6.4 km), Caister Carboniferous (8.3 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: Dogger Bank 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.