Shell Starts Gas Production at UK’s Victory Field

By Charles Kennedy - Sep 30, 2025

Shell UK has begun production from the Victory gas field in the North Sea, located about 47 km northwest of the Shetland Islands. The field is expected to play a key role in supporting Britain’s energy security by maintaining domestic gas supply for households, businesses, and power generation.

Gas is being extracted from a single subsea well and connected to existing pipeline infrastructure, which transports it to the Shetland Gas Plant. From there, it is piped to the Scottish mainland at St Fergus near Peterhead and fed into the national grid. Using existing infrastructure is designed to keep costs competitive while reducing operational emissions.

At peak output, Victory is expected to produce around 150 million standard cubic feet of gas per day—equivalent to roughly 25,000 barrels of oil per day. That’s enough to heat close to 900,000 homes annually. Most of the field’s recoverable gas is projected to be extracted before the end of the decade.

“Gas fields like Victory play a crucial role in the UK’s energy security, and the country will rely on them for decades to come,” said Simon Roddy, Shell UK’s Upstream Senior Vice President. “They provide an essential fuel we need now, and act as a partner to intermittent renewables as we move through the energy transition.”

Currently operated and fully owned by Shell, the Victory field will be transferred to Adura, a new joint venture that Shell and Equinor will each own 50%. Work toward securing regulatory approval for Adura is ongoing, with the venture expected to be finalized by the end of 2025.

By combining domestic production with renewable growth, Shell aims to support Britain’s energy transition while reducing reliance on imports. Victory underlines the continuing importance of North Sea gas as both a bridge fuel and a stabilizer in the country’s energy mix.