Vulcan (Conoco)
Offshore gas field in production.
Block and licence number: 48/25b, P.130
Map reference: Plate 10
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Conoco Ltd. 50.00
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. 50.00
Date of discovery: April 1983
Production start: October 1988
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres): 18.98
First year of peak production: 1991
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year): 3.53
(combined with North Valiant, South Valiant and Vanguard).
Water depth: 35m
Transport system: All satellites linked by pipeline to LOGGS central gas gathering station in block 49/16. Gas transported by 75 mile, 36 inch diameter trunkline to Theddlethorpe via gas gathering station.
Extension into other UK blocks: Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

49/21, P.039

BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. 42.125
Conoco Ltd. 34.250
ARCO British Ltd. 7.875
Canadian Petroleum UK Ltd. 7.875
Conoco Developments Ltd. 7.875
Remarks: Two satellite wellhead platforms.
Name Vulcan Conoco’s gas fields followed the ‘V’ theme set by Viking.

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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