Beatrice

(Talisman)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

11/30a, P.187

Map reference:

Plate 3

Grid reference:

3° 06’ W 58° 08’ N

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

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd.

75.00

Talisman North Sea Ltd.

25.00

Date of discovery:

September 1976

Production start:

September 1981

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

20.83

First year of peak production:

1985

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

2.60

Water depth:

46m

Gravity:

39º API

Sulphur content:

0.05%

Transport system:

Oil and Gas NGLs piped to Nigg Bay.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None