Onshore oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom

The onshore oil and gas resources in the United Kingdom are located in a number of provinces corresponding to prospective sedimentary basins. Provinces and Basins (from south to north) include the Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin, Worcester Basin, Cheshire Basin, East Midlands Province, West Lancashire Basin, NE England Province, Northumberland-Solway Basin, Midland Valley of Scotland, and the Orcadian Basin.

Background The Petroleum Act 1998 confers all rights to the UK's petroleum resources to the Crown. These rights are devolved to governments and government bodies. The licensing of exploration and development of England's onshore oil and gas resources is regulated by the Oil & Gas Authority. The OGA can grant licences that confer exclusive rights to search and bore for and get petroleum, over a limited area for a limited time.

The Scotland Act 2016 devolved oil and gas licensing powers to the Scottish Government with effect from 9 February 2018.

In addition, the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO), is a UK Government office that promotes the safe, responsible and environmentally sound recovery of the UK's unconventional reserves of gas and oil.

The onshore oil and gas industry is represented by the United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) industry body.

UK onshore oil and gas fields A list of current and historic UK onshore oil and gas fields is given in the table. +UK Onshore oil and gas fieldsFieldLocation (County, District)Recoverable reserves, billion cubic metres or million tonnesOperationalCumulative production 1975–1993, tonnesOperator (2020)Oil or gasProvince, BasinReservoir geologySource geologyAlburySurrey0.12 bcm1994–IGas plcGasWessex-Channel Basin, Weald BasinBridport sands, Great Oolite (Jurassic), Sherwood sandstones (Triassic)Lower Lias (Jurassic clays)Baxters CopseWest SussexIGas plcBletchingley 2SurreyIGas plcGodley BridgeSurreyAvingtonHampshireIGas plcOilBletchingley CentralSurreyIGas plcBrockhamSurreyAngus EnergyEast HerriardHampshire30,000EP UK InvestmentsGoodworthHampshireIGas plcHorndeanHampshire0.21 million tonnes1988–98,000IGas plcHorse HillSurreyUK Oil and GasHumbly GroveHampshire0.82 million tonnes1986–date (now gas storage)469,000EP UK InvestmentsKimmeridgeDorset1959–datePerenco Oil & GasLidseyWest SussexAngus EnergyPalmers WoodSurrey0.42 million tonnes1990–195,000IGas plcSingletonWest Sussex0.35 million tonnes1980s78,000IGas plcStockbridgeHampshire0.684 million tonnes1990–168,000IGas plcStorringtonWest SussexIGas plcWaddock CrossDorsetEgdon ResourcesWarehamDorset0.45 million tonnes1991–date263,000Perenco Oil & GasWytch FarmDorset41.10 million tonnes1979–datePerenco Oil & GasEvertonNottinghamshireGasEast Midlands ProvinceSilesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestonesSilesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coalHatfield MoorsSouth Yorkshire0.14 bcm1986–dateScottish Power plcHatfield WestSouth Yorkshire1986–2000 (storage since 2000)Scottish Power plcIronvilleDerbyshireWarwick EnergySaltfleetbyLincolnshire1999–2018Forum Energy ServicesTrumfleetSouth Yorkshire1998–Warwick EnergyBeckeringLincolnshireOil (for details see East Midlands oil province)Beckingham and Beckingham WestNottinghamshire0.01 million tonnes1987–10,000IGas plcBelvoirLeicestershireBothamsallNottinghamshireIGas plcBriggLincolnshireBroughtonLincolnshireCold HanworthLincolnshireIGas plcCorringhamLincolnshireIGas plcCropwell ButlerNottinghamshireCrosby WarrenLincolnshire0.062 million tonnes plus 7 mcm of gas1987–59,000Europa Oil and GasDukes WoodNottinghamshireEgdon ResourcesEakringNottinghamshire1939–1964East GlentworthLincolnshire0.039 million tonnes1993–1,000IGas plcEgmantonNottinghamshireIGas plcFarley's WoodNottinghamshire0.03 million tonnes1985–27,000Onshore Oilfield Services LimitedFiskerton AirfieldLincolnshireEgdon ResourcesGainboroughLincolnshire1987–dateIGas plcGlentworthLincolnshireIGas plcHemswellLincolnshireKeddingtonLincolnshireEgdon ResourcesKelham HillsNottinghamshireKinoultonNottinghamshireKirklingtonNottinghamshire0.01 million tonnes1991–4,000Egdon ResourcesLong ClawsonLeicestershire0.18 million tonnes1990–37,000IGas plcNettlehamLincolnshire0.16 million tonnes1984–159,000IGas plcNewton-on-TrentLincolnshireBlackland Park ExplorationRempstoneNottinghamshire0.27 million tonnes1991–7,000IGas plcScamptonLincolnshire–1988IGas plcScampton NorthLincolnshire0.20 million tonnes1989–95,000IGas plcSouth LevertonLincolnshireIGas plcStaintonLincolnshire0.03 million tonnes1987–17,000IGas plcTorkseyLincolnshireWeltonLincolnshire2.50 million tonnes1984–1,007,000IGas plcWest FirsbyLincolnshire0.16 million tonnes1991–31,000Europa Oil and GasWhisbyLincolnshire0.12 million tonnes1990–16,000Blackland Park ExplorationCaythorpeNorth Yorkshire0.18 bcm1992–Centrica Storage HoldingsGasNE England ProvincePermian (Upper Magnesian) limestonesSilesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coalEskdaleNorth Yorkshire1960–1967Kirby MispertonNorth Yorkshire0.46 bcm1994–Third Energy HoldingsLocktonNorth Yorkshire1969–1974MaltonNorth Yorkshire0.27 bcm1995–dateThird Energy HoldingsMarishesNorth Yorkshire0.22 bcm1995–dateThird Energy HoldingsPickeringNorth YorkshireThird Energy HoldingsFormbyMerseyside1939–1965OilWest Lancashire BasinSherwood sandstone (Triassic)Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coalElswickLancashire1990–dateCuadrilla ResourcesGasBargeddieNorth LanarkshireGasMidland Valley ScotlandSilesian sandstones (Carboniferous)Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coalCouslandMidlothian1937–?DalkeithMidlothian1937–?OilMilton of BalgonieFife–Cheshire, ShropshireCheshire Basin–WorcestershireWorcester Basin–Northumberland, CumbriaNorthumberland-Solway Basin–Orkney, Highland, Moray, AberdeenshireOrcadian Basin

Onshore oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom

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