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