| Sean North & Sean South | (Shell) |
| Offshore gas fields in production. | |
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| Block and licence number: | 49/25a, P.054 |
| Map reference: | Plate 10 |
| Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: | |
| Shell UK Ltd | 25.00 |
| Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd | 25.00 |
| Britoil plc | 25.00 |
| Union Texas Petroleum Ltd | 25.00 |
| Date of discovery: | Sean North: April 1969 Sean South: January 1970 |
| Production start: | August 1986 |
| Operators estimate of: | |
| Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres): | 21.18 |
| First year of peak production: | 1990 |
| Peak production (billion cubic metres per year): | 0.60 |
| Water depth: | 30m |
| Transport system: | Pipeline to Bacton. |
| Extension into other UK blocks: | None |
| Remarks: | This is a peak shaving field with maximum delivery capacity of 16.7 million M3/d. |
| Name Sean | Derived from the four partners involved when the discovery wells were drilled: Shell, Esso, Allied Chemicals & the National Coal Board. |
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| 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
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Plate 8W
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| Plate 9W
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| Plate 10W
| Plate 10E
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