A new oil well could produce 200 barrels per day if approved, an energy company says. The well would aim to tap new reserves which have been discovered in the Whisby oil field, close to Lincoln.

BritNRG is looking to create a seventh well for the location, which would almost triple current levels of production. Planning documents say it would be able to sustain production until 2035.

The Whisby oil field off Eagle Road was discovered in the 1980s, and has produced over 860,000 barrels of oil over the years. Production has decreased over the years to around 100 barrels per day, but BritNRG says the well would increase it to back around 300.

"Although the reserves of hydrocarbons that have been exploited from Whisby 5 and 6 are partially depleted, exploratory activity at the wellfield has identified that further reserves are constrained by a fault feature," planning documents say.

"The trapped hydrocarbons currently being exploited to the north and west of the fault. BritNRG have identified that the same reservoirs of hydrocarbons exist to the south and east of the same fault feature."

It proposes to use a "side track well" - a wellbore based on the same area as an existing one but drilling in a different direction. A similar application was submitted by the company in 2022, and the new one has updated plans for the well.

The site would be returned to agricultural use once production was complete. Planning documents say there would be a "modest" increase in HGVs during the drilling phase, and two or three extra HGVs per month once production started.

No additional impact on local residents or the environment beyond those the wells already create is expected either, the plans state. The application has been submitted to North Kesteven District Council and will be determined in the future.