Arbroath

(BP-Amoco)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

22/17, P.291

Map reference:

Plate 9

Grid reference:

1° 22’ E 57° 23’ N

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

Enterprise Oil plc

41.02

Amoco UK Petroleum Ltd

30.77

Amerada Hess Ltd

28.21

Date of discovery:

December 1969

Production start:

April 1990

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

Oil: 22.57
NGLs: 0.18
Gas: (billion cubic metres) 0.14

First year of peak production:

1991

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

1.70

Water depth:

93m

Gravity:

38º API

Sulphur content:

 

Transport system:

Oil piped via Montrose and Forties to Cruden Bay.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

22/18, P.292

Enterprise Oil plc

41.02

Amoco UK Petroleum Ltd

30.77

Amerada Hess Ltd

28.21