Auk

(Shell)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

30/16, P.116

Map reference:

Plate 9

Grid reference:

2° 05’ E 56° 24’ N

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

Shell UK Ltd

50.00

Esso Expl. & Production UK Ltd

50.00

Date of discovery:

February 1971

Production start:

December 1975

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

19.19

First year of peak production:

1977

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

2.30

Water depth:

82m

Gravity:

38º API

Sulphur content:

0.0%

Transport system:

Pipeline to Fulmar, then by Norpipe to Teesside.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None