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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

The onshore oil and gas industry is represented by the United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) industry body.^[5]

UK onshore oil and gas fields

A list of current and historic UK onshore oil and gas fields is given in the table.^[6]^[7]^[2]

UK Onshore oil and gas fields
Field	Location (County, District)	Recoverable reserves, billion cubic metres or million tonnes	Operational	Cumulative production 1975–1993, tonnes	Operator (2020)	Oil or gas	Province, Basin	Reservoir geology	Source geology
Albury	Surrey	0.12 bcm	1994–		IGas plc	Gas	Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin	Bridport sands, Great Oolite (Jurassic), Sherwood sandstones (Triassic)	Lower Lias (Jurassic clays)
Baxters Copse	West Sussex				IGas plc
Bletchingley 2	Surrey				IGas plc
Godley Bridge	Surrey
Avington	Hampshire				IGas plc	Oil
Bletchingley Central	Surrey				IGas plc
Brockham	Surrey				Angus Energy
East Herriard	Hampshire			30,000	EP UK Investments
Goodworth	Hampshire				IGas plc
Horndean	Hampshire	0.21 million tonnes	1988–	98,000	IGas plc
Horse Hill	Surrey				UK Oil and Gas
Humbly Grove	Hampshire	0.82 million tonnes	1986–date (now gas storage)	469,000	EP UK Investments
Kimmeridge	Dorset		1959–date		Perenco Oil & Gas
Lidsey	West Sussex				Angus Energy
Palmers Wood	Surrey	0.42 million tonnes	1990–	195,000	IGas plc
Singleton	West Sussex	0.35 million tonnes	1980s	78,000	IGas plc
Stockbridge	Hampshire	0.684 million tonnes	1990–	168,000	IGas plc
Storrington	West Sussex				IGas plc
Waddock Cross	Dorset				Egdon Resources
Wareham	Dorset	0.45 million tonnes	1991–date	263,000	Perenco Oil & Gas
Wytch Farm	Purbeck, Dorset	41.10 million tonnes	1979–date		Perenco Oil & Gas
Everton	Nottinghamsire					Gas	East Midlands Province	Silesian sandstones, fractured Dinantian Carboniferous limestones	Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coal
Hatfield Moors	South Yorkshire	0.14 bcm	1986–date		Scottish Power plc
Hatfield West	South Yorkshire		1986–2000 (storage since 2000)		Scottish Power plc
Ironville	Derbyshire				Warwick Energy
Saltfleetby	Lincolnshire		1999–2018		Forum Energy Services
Trumfleet	South Yorkshire		1998–		Warwick Energy
Beckering	Lincolnshire					Oil (for details see East Midlands oil province)
Beckingham and Beckingham West	Nottinghamshire	0.01 million tonnes	1987–	10,000	IGas plc
Belvoir	Leicestershire
Bothamsall	Nottinghamshire				IGas plc
Brigg	Lincolnshire
Broughton	Lincolnshire
Cold Hanworth	Lincolnshhire				IGas plc
Corringham	Lincolnshire				IGas plc
Cropwell Butler	Nottinghamshire
Crosby Warren	Lincolnshire	0.062 million tonnes plus 7 mcm of gas	1987–	59,000	Europa Oil and Gas
Dukes Wood	Nottinghamshire				Egdon Resources
Eakring	Nottinghamshire		1939–1964
East Glentworth	Lincolnshire	0.039 million tonnes	1993–	1,000	IGas plc
Egmanton	Nottinghamshire				IGas plc
Farley's Wood	Nottinghamshire	0.03 million tonnes	1985–	27,000	Onshore Oilfield Services Limited
Fiskerton Airfield	Lincolnshire				Egdon Resources
Gainborough	Lincolnshire		1987–date		IGas plc
Glentworth	Lincolnshire				IGas plc
Hemswell	Lincolnshire
Keddington	Lincolnshire				Egdon Resources
Kelham Hills	Nottinghamshire
Kinoulton	Nottinghamshire
Kirklington	Nottinghamshire	0.01 million tonnes	1991–	4,000	Egdon Resources
Long Clawson	Leicestershire	0.18 million tonnes	1990–	37,000	IGas plc
Nettleham	Lincolnshire	0.16 million tonnes	1984–	159,000	IGas plc
Newton-on-Trent	Lincolnshire				Blackland Park Exploration
Rempstone	Nottinghamshire	0.27 million tonnes	1991–	7,000	IGas plc
Scampton	Lincolnshire		–1988		IGas plc
Scampton North	Lincolnshire	0.20 million tonnes	1989–	95,000	IGas plc
South Leverton	Lincolnshire				IGas plc
Stainton	Lincolnshire	0.03 million tonnes	1987–	17,000	IGas plc
Torksey	Lincolnshire
Welton	Lincolnshire	2.50 million tonnes	1984–	1,007,000	IGas plc
West Firsby	Lincolnshire	0.16 million tonnes	1991–	31,000	Europa Oil and Gas
Whisby	Lincolnshire	0.12 million tonnes	1990–	16,000	Blackland Park Exploration
Caythorpe	North Yorkshire	0.18 bcm	1992–		Centrica Storage Holdings	Gas	NE England Province	Permian (Upper Magnesian) limestones	Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coal
Eskdale	North Yorkshire		1960–1967
Kirby Misperton	North Yorkshire	0.46 bcm	1994–		Third Energy Holdings
Lockton	North Yorkshire		1969–1974
Malton	North Yorkshire	0.27 bcm	1995–date		Third Energy Holdings
Marishes	North Yorkshire	0.22 bcm	1995–date		Third Energy Holdings
Pickering	North Yorkshire				Third Energy Holdings
Formby	Merseyside		1939–1965			Oil	West Lancashire Basin	Sherwood sandstone (Triassic)	Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coal
Elswick	Lancashire		1990–date		Cuadrilla Resources	Gas	West Lancashire Basin	Sherwood sandstone (Triassic)	Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coal
Bargeddie	North Lanarkshire					Gas	Midland Valley Scotland	Silesian sandstones (Carboniferous)	Silesian (Carboniferous) mudstones and coal
Cousland	Midlothian		1937–?			Gas
Dalkeith	Midlothian		1937–?			Oil
Milton of Balgonie	Fife					Oil
–	Cheshire, Shropshire						Cheshire Basin
–	Worcestershire						Worcester Basin
–	Northumberland, Cumbria						Northumberland-Solway Basin
–	Orkney, Highland, Moray, Aberdeenshire						Orcadian Basin

References

^ British Geographical Survey (2011). "Onshore Oil and Gas, Mineral Planning Factsheet" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Oil & Gas Authority. "Oil & Gas Authority onshore". Oil & Gas Authority. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Scotland Oil and Gas". gov.scotland. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Department of Energy & Climate Change. "Onshore oil and gas exploration in the UK: regulation and best practice" (PDF). publishing.service.gov. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ UKOOG. "UKOOG". UKOOG. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ Department of Trade and Industry (1994). The Energy Report. London: HMSO. pp. 23–98, 133. ISBN 0115153802.
^ "Humbly Energy".

[1] British Geographical Survey (2011). "Onshore Oil and Gas, Mineral Planning Factsheet" (PDF).

[:0-2] Oil & Gas Authority. "Oil & Gas Authority onshore". Oil & Gas Authority. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[3] "Scotland Oil and Gas". gov.scotland. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[4] Department of Energy & Climate Change. "Onshore oil and gas exploration in the UK: regulation and best practice" (PDF). publishing.service.gov. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[5] UKOOG. "UKOOG". UKOOG. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[6] Department of Trade and Industry (1994). The Energy Report. London: HMSO. pp. 23–98, 133. ISBN 0115153802.

[7] "Humbly Energy".

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UK onshore oil and gas fields

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