Balmoral

(AGIP)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

16/21a, P.201

Map reference:

Plate 8

Grid reference:

1° 06’ E 58° 14' N

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

AGIP (UK) Ltd

75.29

Kerr McGee Resources (UK) Ltd

15.00

Pentex Oil UK Ltd

9.71

Date of discovery:

August 1975

Production start:

November 1986

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

15.00

First year of peak production:

1987

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

1.71

Water depth:

147m

Gravity:

39.3º API

Sulphur content:

Nil

Transport system:

Oil and NGLs transported via the Brae-Forties trunk line to Cruden Bay.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

16/21b, P.344

AGIP (UK) Ltd

44.20

Summit North Sea Oil Ltd

40.00

Talisman North Sea Ltd

15.80

Remarks:

Oil from Glamis field produced via the Balmoral FPV.