Foinaven (BP)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number: 204/24a, P.558
Map reference: Plate 2
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Britoil plc 80.00
Shell UK Ltd 20.00
Date of discovery: October 1992
Production start: November 1997
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): 31.20
First year of peak production: 1998
Peak production (million tonnes per year): 4.14
Water depth: 480m
Gravity: 25º API
Sulphur content: 0.40%
Transport system: Floating production system with offshore loading.
Extension into other UK blocks: Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

204/19a, P.556

Britoil plc 50.00
Shell UK Ltd 50.00

204/25b, P.803

BP Expl. Operating Company Ltd. 50.00
Shell UK Ltd 50.00
Remarks:  
Name Foinaven After the Scottish Mountain.

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