Balmoral (AGIP)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number: 16/21a, P.201
Map reference: Plate 8
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
AGIP(UK) Ltd 62.00
Deminex UK Oil and Gas Ltd 15.00
Clyde Petroleum (Glamis) Ltd 15.00
Pentex Oil UK Ltd 8.00
Date of discovery: August 1975
Production start: November 1986
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): 13.33
First year of peak production: 1987
Peak production (million tonnes per year): 1.71
Water depth: 147m
Gravity: 39.3º API
Sulphur content: Nil
Transport system: Oil and NGLs transported via the Brae-Forties trunk line to Cruden Bay.
Extension into other UK blocks: Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

16/21b, P.344

Agip (UK) Ltd 44.20
Summit North Sea Oil Ltd 40.00
Talisman North Sea Ltd 15.80
Remarks: Oil from Glamis field produced via the Balmoral FPV.
Name Balmoral After the Scottish royal castle.

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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9
Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | Appendix 4 | Appendix 5 | Appendix 6 | Appendix 7 | Appendix 8
Appendix 9 | Appendix 10 | Appendix 11 | Appendix 12 | Appendix 13 | Appendix 14 | Appendix 15 | Appendix 16 | Appendix 17
Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5W | Plate 5E | Plate 6 | Plate 7
Plate 8W | Plate 8E | Plate 9W | Plate 9E | Plate 10W | Plate 10E | Plate 11 | Plate 12