Wytch Farm	(BP)
Onshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number:	L97/10, PL.089
Map reference:	Plate 4
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd.	50.00
ARCO British Ltd.	17.50
Premier Oil Dorset Ltd.	12.50
Clyde Petroleum (Dorset) Ltd.	7.50
ONEPM Exploration Ltd.	7.50
Talisman North Sea Ltd	5.00
Date of discovery:	December 1973
Production start:	March 1979
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):	56.88 (billion cubic metres): Gas 1.27
First year of peak production:	1991
Peak production (million tonnes per year):	3.40
Gravity:	37/38° API
Sulphur content:	0.1/0.2%
Transport system:	Pipeline to Hamble.
Extension into other UK blocks:	Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997: PL.259 BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. 100.00 98/6a, P.534 BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. 50.00 ARCO British Ltd. 17.50 Premier Oil Exploration Ltd 12.50 Clyde Petroleum (Dorset) Ltd. 7.50 ONEPM Exploration Ltd 7.50 Talisman North Sea Ltd 5.00
Remarks:	Reserves include an offshore extension, development commenced in 1993 via extended reach drilling from the Goathorn peninsula.
Name Wytch Farm	After the locality of the field south of Poole harbour in Dorset.

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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