Thistle field
Thistle is a UK oil field in the NNS area of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It first produced in Apr 1978 and peaked at 139 kboe/d in Apr 1982. To Oct 2019 it had produced 435 million barrels of oil equivalent.
| Area | NNS |
|---|---|
| Field type | Oil |
| Operator (latest) | Enquest PLC |
| Discovered | 1973 |
| First production | Apr 1978 |
| Peak | 139 kboe/d in Apr 1982 |
| Produced to date | 435 million boe (429 million bbl liquids, 36 bcf gas) |
| Status | no production reported since Oct 2019 |
| Rank | number 26 of the UK fields on this site by output to date |
Production by year
| Year | Average kboe/d | Million boe |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 49 | 17.8 |
| 1979 | 80 | 29.1 |
| 1980 | 109 | 39.8 |
| 1981 | 115 | 41.8 |
| 1982 | 124 | 45.2 |
| 1983 | 105 | 38.2 |
| 1984 | 86 | 31.5 |
| 1985 | 75 | 27.3 |
| 1986 | 60 | 22.0 |
| 1987 | 55 | 20.1 |
| 1988 | 53 | 19.5 |
| 1989 | 32 | 11.5 |
| 1990 | 30 | 10.8 |
| 1991 | 15 | 5.6 |
| 1992 | 21 | 7.6 |
| 1993 | 19 | 7.0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 5.8 |
| 1995 | 14 | 5.3 |
| 1996 | 12 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 9.4 | 3.4 |
| 1998 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| 1999 | 6.6 | 2.4 |
| 2000 | 6.2 | 2.3 |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
| 2003 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 2.2 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| 2015 | 8.2 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
Source: NSTA PPRS field production (oil + condensate + gas at 5.8 Mscf/boe). The latest year is partial and the latest month provisional.