Alison

(Venture)

Offshore gas field in production.

Block and licence number:

49/11a, P.028

Map reference:

Plate 10

Grid reference:

2° 10’ E 53° 30’ N

Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 2001:

Venture Production (North Sea Developments) Limited

85.00

Roots Gas Limited

15.00

   

Date of discovery:

February 1987

Production start:

October 1995

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres):

0.70

First year of peak production:

1996

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):

0.13

Water depth:

25m

Transport system:

Pipeline into the LOGGS system for separation before onward transmission to Conoco’s Theddlethorpe processing plant.

Extension into other UK blocks:

Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 2000:

49/16, P.033

BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd

50.00

Conoco Petroleum Ltd

50.00

Remarks:

Sale of Phillip’s equity effective 1st October 2000. Sale completion expected Q2 2001. Phillip’s Alison is part of the single Alison field which includes Conoco’s KX area.