Shearwater (Shell)
Offshore gas and condensate field in production.
Block and licence number: 22/30b, P.188
Map reference: Plate 9
Grid reference: 1° 56’ E 57° 02’ N
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 2000:
Shell UK Ltd 28.00
Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd 28.00
ARCO British Ltd 27.50
Superior Oil (UK) Ltd 12.50
Canadian Superior Oil UK Ltd 4.00
Date of discovery: September 1988
Production start: September 2000
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present : Oil: (million tonnes) 12.99
NGLs: (million tonnes) 0.99
Gas: (billion cubic metres) 20.14
First year of peak production: 2000
Peak production: Oil: (million tonnes per year 6.30
Gas: (billion cubic metres per year) 3.88
Water depth: 90m
Gravity: 49°API
Sulphur content: 30ppm
Transport system: New SEAL gas pipeline to Bacton and oil piped into Forties system.
Extension into other UK blocks: None

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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
Index Map | Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5W | Plate 5E | Plate 6
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