Alba

(Chevron)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

16/26, P.213

Map reference:

Plate 8

Grid Reference:

1° 06’ E 58° 03’ N

Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 2000:

Chevron UK Ltd

21.17

Statoil (UK) Ltd

17.00

ARCO British Ltd

15.50

Fina Petroleum Development Ltd

12.65

Conoco (UK) Theta Ltd

11.75

Conoco (UK) Ltd

9.33

Unilon Oil Explorations Ltd

6.80

Conoco Petroleum Ltd

2.35

Enterprise Oil UK Ltd

2.25

Baytrust Oil Explorations Ltd

1.20

Date of discovery:

December 1984

Production start:

January 1994

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

61.40

First year of peak production:

1996

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

5.10

Water depth:

138m

Gravity:

19/20° API

Sulphur content:

1.30%

Transport system:

Exported for purpose built Floating Storage Unit (FSU) then by shuttle tanker for refining in NW Europe

Extension into other UK blocks:

None