| Dauntless |
(Amerada Hess) |
| Offshore
oil field in production. |
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| Block
and licence number: |
21/11, P.883 |
| Map
reference: |
Plate 8 |
| Licensees
and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: |
| Amerada Hess
Ltd |
28.00 |
| Saga
Petroleum UK Ltd |
23.50 |
| DSM Energy
(UK) Ltd |
20.00 |
| British
Borneo North Sea Ltd |
11.50 |
| Seafield
Resources Plc |
10.00 |
| British
Borneo Expro Ltd |
7.00 |
| Date
of discovery: |
November 1994 |
| Production
start: |
August 1997 |
| Operator’s
estimate of: |
|
| Recoverable
reserves originally present (million tonnes): |
0.55 |
| First
year of peak production: |
1997 |
| Peak
production (million tonnes per year): |
0.29 |
| Water
depth: |
91m |
| Gravity:
|
32º API |
| Sulphur
content: |
1.3% |
| Transport
system: |
FPSO-
Shuttle tanker. |
| Extension
into other UK blocks: |
None |
| Remarks: |
|
| Name
Dauntless |
After the
Sir Walter Scott poem "Harold the Dauntless". |