Cormorant North field
Cormorant North is a UK oil field in the NNS area of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It first produced in Feb 1982 and peaked at 130 kboe/d in Nov 1984. To Jun 2024 it had produced 474 million barrels of oil equivalent.
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| Area | NNS |
|---|---|
| Field type | Oil |
| Operator (latest) | Taqa Europa B.V. |
| Discovered | 1974 |
| First production | Feb 1982 |
| Peak | 130 kboe/d in Nov 1984 |
| Produced to date | 474 million boe (454 million bbl liquids, 115 bcf gas) |
| Status | no production reported since Jun 2024 |
| Rank | number 22 of the UK fields on this site by output to date |
Production by year
| Year | Average kboe/d | Million boe |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 29 | 10.6 |
| 1983 | 47 | 17.1 |
| 1984 | 96 | 35.1 |
| 1985 | 109 | 39.7 |
| 1986 | 112 | 40.8 |
| 1987 | 92 | 33.4 |
| 1988 | 89 | 32.6 |
| 1989 | 62 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 64 | 23.5 |
| 1991 | 37 | 13.5 |
| 1992 | 30 | 11.1 |
| 1993 | 37 | 13.5 |
| 1994 | 46 | 16.8 |
| 1995 | 44 | 16.2 |
| 1996 | 31 | 11.5 |
| 1997 | 32 | 11.6 |
| 1998 | 35 | 12.9 |
| 1999 | 33 | 12.0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 11.9 |
| 2001 | 31 | 11.5 |
| 2002 | 24 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 20 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | 14 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | 13 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2008 | 9.4 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 9.0 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 12 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 9.5 | 3.5 |
| 2014 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 6.4 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 5.7 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 5.2 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Source: NSTA PPRS field production (oil + condensate + gas at 5.8 Mscf/boe). The latest year is partial and the latest month provisional.