Clipper	(Shell)
Offshore gas field in production.
Block and licence number:	48/19a, P.008
Map reference:	Plate 10
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Shell UK Ltd.	50.00
Esso Expl. & Production UK Ltd	50.00
Date of discovery:	February 1983
Production start:	October 1990
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres):	21.30
First year of peak production:	1995
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):	3.56 (Total of Barque, Barque South and Clipper).
Water depth:	22m
Transport system:	Pipeline to Bacton.
Extension into other UK blocks:	Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: 48/20a, P.008 & 48/19c, P.465 Shell UK Ltd 50.00 Esso Expl. & Production UK Ltd. 50.00
Remarks:
Name Clipper	Shell’s later gas fields in the Southern North Sea are named after sailing vessels.

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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