Birch	(LASMO)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number:	16/12a, P.212
Map reference:	Plate 8
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
LASMO(TNS) Ltd.	46.79
Deminex UK Oil & Gas Ltd.	35.49
Hardy Exploration & Production Ltd.	14.93
Hardy North Sea Ltd.	2.79
Date of discovery:	October 1985
Production start:	September 1995
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present:	(million tonnes): 4.035 NGLs: 0.361 (billion cubic metres): 2.399
First year of peak production:	1996
Peak production:	(million tonnes per year): 1.055 NGLs: 0.097 (billion cubic metres): 0.503
Water depth:	127m
Gravity:	38º API
Sulphur content:	0.20%
Transport system:	Brae/Forties pipeline system.
Extension into other UK blocks:	None
Remarks:
Name Birch	All prospects and discoveries on the block are named after trees.

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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