Piper field
Piper is a UK oil field in the CNS area of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It first produced in Dec 1976 and peaked at 303 kboe/d in Sep 1979. To Mar 2026 it had produced 1 075 million barrels of oil equivalent.
| Area | CNS |
|---|---|
| Field type | Oil |
| Operator (latest) | Totalenergies Holdings UK Limited |
| Discovered | 1973 |
| First production | Dec 1976 |
| Peak | 303 kboe/d in Sep 1979 |
| Produced to date | 1 075 million boe (1 052 million bbl liquids, 128 bcf gas) |
| Status | no production reported since Mar 2026 |
| Rank | number 5 of the UK fields on this site by output to date |
Production by year
| Year | Average kboe/d | Million boe |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| 1977 | 176 | 64.3 |
| 1978 | 251 | 91.6 |
| 1979 | 273 | 99.5 |
| 1980 | 213 | 77.8 |
| 1981 | 201 | 73.2 |
| 1982 | 201 | 73.5 |
| 1983 | 198 | 72.4 |
| 1984 | 182 | 66.5 |
| 1985 | 185 | 67.4 |
| 1986 | 172 | 62.9 |
| 1987 | 165 | 60.4 |
| 1988 | 70 | 25.7 |
| 1993 | 57 | 21.0 |
| 1994 | 68 | 24.7 |
| 1995 | 90 | 33.0 |
| 1996 | 72 | 26.1 |
| 1997 | 54 | 19.7 |
| 1998 | 44 | 16.0 |
| 1999 | 33 | 12.1 |
| 2000 | 26 | 9.4 |
| 2001 | 22 | 8.1 |
| 2002 | 19 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | 16 | 5.7 |
| 2004 | 13 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 13 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 10 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 8.8 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 7.8 | 2.8 |
| 2010 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 7.5 | 2.7 |
| 2012 | 6.8 | 2.5 |
| 2013 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| 2015 | 5.2 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 7.4 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
| 2026 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Source: NSTA PPRS field production (oil + condensate + gas at 5.8 Mscf/boe). The latest year is partial and the latest month provisional.