| Arkwright |
(Amoco) |
| Offshore
oil field in production. |
 |
| Block
and licence number: |
22/23, P.291 |
| Map
reference: |
Plate 9 |
| Licensees
and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: |
| Enterprise
Oil plc |
41.03 |
| Amoco UK
Petroleum Ltd |
30.77 |
| Amerada Hess
Ltd |
28.20 |
| Date
of discovery: |
April 1990 |
| Production
start: |
November 1996 |
| Operator’s
estimate of: |
|
| Recoverable
reserves originally present (million tonnes): |
2.904 |
| First
year of peak production: |
1997 |
| Peak
production (million tonnes per year): |
0.473 |
| Water
depth: |
95m |
| Gravity:
|
40º API |
| Sulphur
content: |
None |
| Transport
system: |
Oil pipeline
via Arbroath, Montrose and Forties to Cruden Bay. |
| Extension
into other UK blocks: |
None |
| Remarks: |
Subsea
Tieback to Arbroath (6.8 miles SE of Arbroath). |
| Name
Arkwright: |
After Sir
Francis Arkwright, inventor of the water frame, a small
weaving machine that was housed in Cromford Mill,
Derbyshire -the world’s first successful
water-powered cotton spinning mill. |