Bruce

(BP)

Offshore condensate field in production.

Block and licence number:

9/8a, P.209

Map reference:

Plate 7

Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

BP Expl. Operating Company Ltd

30.33

BHP Petroleum Great Britain plc

36.33

Elf Exploration UK plc

23.33

Deminex UK Oil & Gas Ltd

8.33

Total Oil Marine plc

1.67

Date of discovery:

July 1974

Production start:

Oil: May 1993
Gas Condensate: August 1993

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

Oil: 23.01
NGLs: 5.36
(billion cubic metres) Gas: 74.09

First year of peak production:

1995

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year) (million tonnes per year):

(million tonnes per year): 2.30
(billion cubic metres per year): 6.45

Water depth:

122m

Gravity:

Oil: 38º API
Condensate: 50º API

Sulphur content:

Statfjord oil: 0.30%
Condensate: 0.02%

Transport system:

Oil and condensate via pipeline to Forties and Kinneil. Gas and NGLs via Frigg pipeline to St. Fergus.

Extension into other UK blocks:

Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

9/9a, P.090

Elf Exploration UK plc	66.67
Total Oil Marine plc	33.33

9/9b, P.276

BP Expl. Operating Company Ltd	70.60
BHP Petroleum Great Britain plc	14.70
Elf Exploration UK plc	10.29
Deminex UK Oil & Gas Ltd	3.68
Total Oil Marine plc	0.74

Remarks:

Field discovered by Hamilton who progressed it to Annex B. BP were the unit operator for the development phase.

Name Bruce

Hamilton name their fields after Scottish clans.