Oil field · UK
Wytch Farm
Wytch Farm is an oil field in UK waters, operated by Perenco Oil & Gas. It was discovered in 1973 and has produced since 1979.
Production
North Sea Transition Authority has no production reported for Wytch Farm up to July 2026.
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | Perenco Oil & Gas |
| Partners |
|
| Original operator | BP |
| Discovered | January 1973 (well 98/07-2) |
| First production | March 1979 |
| Water depth | 19 m |
| 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 this current licence:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Beacon (0.6 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.