| Forties | (BP) | ||||||||
| Offshore oil field in production. | |||||||||
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| Block and licence number: | 21/10, P.246 | ||||||||
| Map reference: | Plate 8 | ||||||||
| Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: | |||||||||
| BP Expl. Operating Company Ltd | 98.15 | ||||||||
| British Borneo Oil & Gas Limited | 0.79 | ||||||||
| London Expl. & Prod. Company Ltd | 0.79 | ||||||||
| Industrial Scotland Energy plc | 0.26 | ||||||||
| Date of discovery: | November 1970 | ||||||||
| Production start: | September 1975 | ||||||||
| Operator’s estimate of: | |||||||||
| Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): | Oil: 336.46 NGLs: 11.07 (billion cubic metres): Gas: 2.93 |
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| First year of peak production: | 1978 | ||||||||
| Peak production (million tonnes per year): | 24.60 | ||||||||
| Water depth: | 107/128m | ||||||||
| Gravity: | 37º API | ||||||||
| Sulphur content: | Nil | ||||||||
| Transport system: | Oil and NGL’s piped to Kerse of Kinneil via Cruden Bay. | ||||||||
| Extension into other UK blocks: | Block
number, licence number and company interest at end of
1997: 22/6a, P.084
21/9, P.057
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| Remarks: | Some gas used for fuel on site. | ||||||||
| Name Forties | After the sea area east of Aberdeen. | ||||||||