West Sole (BP)
Offshore gas field in production.
Block and licence number: 48/6, P.001
Map reference: Plate 10
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. 100.00
Date of discovery: December 1965
Production start: March 1967
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres): 58.79
First year of peak production: 1972
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year): 2.28
(million tonnes): NGLs: 0.45
Water depth: 25m
Transport system: Two pipelines to Easington (16" and 24")
Extension into other UK blocks: None
Remarks:  
Name West Sole West Sole is located in the Sole Pit area of the Southern North Sea Permian Basin.

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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
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