| Elgin | (Elf Exploration UK) |
| Offshore gas and condensate field under development. | |
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| Block and licence number: | 22/30b, P.188 |
| Map reference: | Plate 9 |
| Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: | |
| Elf Exploration UK Plc | 46.173 |
| AGIP (UK) | 13.867 |
| BG Exploration & Production Ltd | 12.350 |
| Hardy Expl. & Production Ltd | 8.000 |
| Ruhrgas UK Expl. & Prod. Ltd | 5.200 |
| Shell UK Ltd | 4.375 |
| Esso Expl. and Prod. UK Ltd | 4.375 |
| Texaco Britain Ltd | 3.900 |
| ARCO Britain Ltd | 1.760 |
| Date of discovery: | March 1991 |
| Production start: | (Expected) April 2000 |
| Operator’s estimate of: | |
| Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): | Condensate: 30.66 NGLs: 3.53 (billion cubic metres): Gas: 27.54 |
| First year of peak production: | |
| Peak production (million tonnes per year): | |
| Water depth: | 93m |
| Gravity: | 0.806º API |
| Sulphur content: | less than 0.1% |
| Transport system: | Condensate will be exported by a 24" x 24 mile spur line to BP’s Marnoch platform from which it will be piped ashore through BP’s Forties pipeline system to Kinneil and gas will be exported through a 34" x 292 mile new gas pipeline to Bacton. |
| Extension into other UK blocks: | Block
number, licence number and licensee/company interest in
block (%) at end of 1997: 22/30c, P.666 and 29/5b, P.362 Companies as above |
| Remarks: | |
| Name Elgin | As a tribute to Nigel, one of the geologists who was instrumental in the field’s discovery, Elgin being an anagram of his name. |