Buchan (Talisman)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number: 21/1a, P.241
Map reference: Plate 8
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd 71.11
Talisman North Sea Ltd 2.27
Transworld Petroleum (UK) Ltd 12.70
Brabant Petroleum Ltd 13.01
Tuskar Expro Ltd 0.91
Date of discovery: August 1974
Production start: May 1981
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): 16.65
First year of peak production: 1983
Peak production (million tonnes per year): 1.60
Water depth: 111.40m
Gravity: 33.5º API
Sulphur content: 1.57%
Transport system: Oil and NGLs transported by pipeline to Cruden Bay via the Forties System.
Extension into other UK blocks: Extension into other UK blocks:

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

20/5a, P.294

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd 100.00
Remarks: Floating production facility with gas lift and pipeline export.
Name Buchan From the adjacent district of (Buchan and Banff ), north of Aberdeen and now part of the Grampian region.

Title | Table of Contents
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