| Captain | (Texaco) |
| Offshore oil field in production. | |
| Block and licence number: | 13/22a, P.324 |
| Map reference: | Plate 8 |
| Grid reference: | 1° 42’ W 58° 18’ N |
| Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 2000: | |
| Texaco North Sea UK Company | 85.00 |
| Korea Captain Company Ltd | 15.00 |
| Date of discovery: | May 1977 |
| Production start: | March 1997 |
| Operator’s estimate of: | |
| Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): | 41.40 |
| First year of peak production: | 2001 |
| Peak production (million tonnes per year): | 4.62 |
| Water depth: | 104m |
| Gravity: | 19.5° API |
| Sulphur content: | 0.71% |
| Transport system: | Shuttle Tanker. |
| Extension into other UK blocks: | None |
| Remarks: | Viscous oil development, which requires the use of extended reach horizontal producing wells. Horizontal water injectors, a first for the UK North Sea, are utilised. |
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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4
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
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Index Map | 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 | Legend
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