Thames, Yare, Bure & Wensum (ARCO)
Offshore gas fields in production.
Block and licence number: 49/28, P.037
Map reference: Plate 10
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
ARCO British Ltd. 43.33
AGIP (UK) Ltd. 23.33
Superior Oil (UK) Ltd. 23.33
Deminex UK Oil & Gas Ltd. 10.00
Date of discovery: Thames: December 1973
Yare: May 1969
Bure: May 1983
Wensum: September 1985
Production start: October 1986
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres): 9.92
First year of peak production: 1987
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year): 1.60
Water depth: 34m
Transport system: Pipeline to Bacton.
Extension into other UK blocks: None
Remarks: Two production platforms and two subsea wells.
Name Thames, Yare, Bure & Wensum All rivers in the East of England.

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