Oil field · UK

Wood

Name: Wood oil field monthly production
Creator: North Sea Transition Authority
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Wood is an oil field in the central North Sea, operated by NEO NEXT+ Energy. It was discovered in 1996 and has produced since 2007. In July 2026 it produced about 330 barrels of oil and condensate and 0.029 million cubic metres of gas a day.

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Production

Wood has produced about 5 million barrels of oil and condensate and 319 million cubic metres of gas since December 2007.

Oil and condensate, barrels a day, by month

Latest: 330 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2012, averaging 1,600 barrels a day. Highest month: April 2009.

Gas, million cubic metres a day, by month

Latest: 0.029 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2011, averaging 0.14 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 2011.

Average production by year

Year	Oil and condensate, barrels a day	Gas, million m³ a day
2026 (Jan–Jul)	360	0.032
2025	400	0.028
2024	380	0.028
2023	410	0.021
2022	470	0.029
2021	620	0.033
2020	840	0.051
2019	840	0.037
2018	450	0.018
2017	250	0.007
2016	740	0.03
2015	1,300	0.065
2014	250	0.021
2013	930	0.068
2012	1,600	0.094
2011	1,600	0.14
2010	780	0.056
2009	1,200	0.11
2008	410	0.026
2007 (Dec)	280	under 0.001

Field details

Status	Producing
Type	Oil field
Operator	NEO NEXT+ Energy
Partners	NEO NEXT + Energy Delta Limited 58% Ithaca MA Limited 41% NEO NEXT + Energy Resources UK Limited 0%
Original operator	Paladin
Discovered	November 1996 (well 22/18-6)
First production	December 2007
Water depth	90 m
Region	Central 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. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.

Licences

The field lies in this current licence:

P292Ithaca Energy, NEO NEXT+ Energy

Nearby

Fields within 10 km: Arbroath (0.9 km), Montrose (3.1 km), Carnoustie (3.1 km), Arkwright (5.2 km), Brechin (5.9 km), Godwin (6.4 km).
Protected areas overlapping the field: East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA.

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.