Bessemer	(Amoco)
Offshore gas field in production.
Block and licence number:	49/23, P.016
Map reference:	Plate 10
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Amoco (UK) Petroleum Ltd	30.77
BG plc	30.77
Amerada Hess Ltd	23.08
Enterprise Oil plc	15.38
Date of discovery:	February 1989
Production start:	October 1995
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres):	3.48
First year of peak production:	1995
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):	0.52
Water depth:	36.60m
Transport system:	Via Inde 49/23AT to Bacton. See Beaufort.
Extension into other UK blocks:	None
Remarks:
Name Bessemer	Named after the English engineer and inventor who developed a process for the manufacture of cheap steel (1813–1898).

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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