Cormorant North (Shell)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number: Part 211/21a, P.258
Map reference: Plate 6
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: August 1974
Production start: February 1982
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): 63.40
(billion cubic metres):Gas 0.80
First year of peak production: 1985
Peak production (million tonnes per year): 5.25
Water depth: 161m
Gravity: 36º API
Sulphur content: 0.48%
Transport system: Oil and NGLs piped to Sullom Voe via South Cormorant. Gas transported to St. Fergus via Western Leg and FLAGS.
Extension into other UK blocks: None
Remarks: Discovered under licence P.232, later split into segregation licence P.258.
Name Cormorant Shell’s offshore oil fields are named after sea birds.

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