NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 3437650
Blane
North Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Repsol Norge AS
Blane is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Repsol Norge AS, discovered in 1989 by wellbore 1/2-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.01 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.01 million Sm³ of oil, 0 billion Sm³ of gas), up 8% on the 12 months before.
Since May 2007 it has reported 0.8 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 0.8 million Sm³ of oil and 0 billion Sm³ of gas.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is DNO North Sea (UK) Limited with 43.49%.
1 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.01
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +8%
- 0.01
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 0.84
- mill Sm³ o.e. since May 2007
- 1
- wellbores on file
- 4
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 9,497 · prior 12 8,912(+7%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 26,998 · prior 12 25,760(+5%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT BLANE UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| DNO North Sea (UK) Limited | 43.4932% | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Bridge Petroleum 3 Limited | 37.5018% | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Repsol Norge ASOPERATOR | 18% | Jun 30, 2025 |
| DNO North Sea (ROGB) Limited | 1.005% | Jun 30, 2025 |
Reserves
THE DIRECTORATE'S ESTIMATE · AS OF DEC 31, 2025
These are the Norwegian Offshore Directorate's own year-end estimates, shown as it publishes them. Petrora does not estimate reserves.
| Oil, mill Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill tonnes | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Originally recoverable | 1.6 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 1.72 |
| Remaining | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Blane is a field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector in the North Sea, 35 kilometres southwest of the Ula field. The field is located on the border to the UK sector and the Norwegian share of the field is 18 per cent. The water depth is 70 metres. Blane was discovered in 1989, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2005. The field has been developed with a subsea facility on the British continental shelf with two horizontal production wells tied-back to the Ula field. The production started in 2007.
- Reservoir
- Blane produces oil from Paleocene sandstone in the Forties Formation. The reservoir is at a depth of 3100 metres and has moderate to good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- Until 2019, the field was produced with pressure support from injection of produced water from the Blane, Tambar and Ula fields. The field is now produced by pressure depletion. In addition, gas lift is used in the wells.
- Transport
- The well stream is transported by pipeline to the Ula field for processing. The oil is exported further to Teesside in the UK.
- Status
- Production from the field has generally been good, but the water cut is increasing. The production is restricted by sufficient gas from Ula available for gas lift, by oil-in-water limits and other technical problems.
Production by year
MONTHLY ROWS ADDED UP · NEWEST FIRST
| Year | Oil, mill Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill Sm³ | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | Water, mill Sm³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20268 MONTHS | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| 2025 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| 2015 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 |
| 20078 MONTHS | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 |
Wellbores
Wildcat 1
All 1 wellbores in Blane, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 1/2-1 →
Operator history
- Repsol Norge ASOct 6, 2015 to today
- Repsol Exploration Norge ASSep 1, 2015 to Oct 5, 2015
- Talisman Energy Norge ASSep 10, 2007 to Aug 31, 2015
- Talisman North Sea LimitedOct 31, 2006 to Sep 9, 2007
- Talisman Expro LimitedDec 19, 2005 to Oct 30, 2006
- Paladin Expro LimitedJul 1, 2005 to Dec 18, 2005
This field on Sodir FactPages →
About this data
Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Production is saleable volume by month from the Directorate's profiles, cut at the latest month any field has reported; yearly and cumulative figures are those months added up. Shares are the current rows of the field's licensee history. Reserves are the Directorate's estimate.
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