Beauly

(Talisman)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

16/21c, P.344

Map reference:

Plate 8

Grid reference:

1° 11’ E 58° 11’ N

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

Talisman Energy (UK)  Ltd

60.00

Summit North Sea Oil Ltd

40.00

Date of discovery:

November 1998

Production start:

February 2001

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present:

Oil: (million tonnes): 0.39

First year of peak production:

2001

Peak production:

Oil: (million tonnes per year) 0.25

Water depth:

115m

Gravity:

38.65º API

Sulphur content:

0.00%

Transport system:

Well tied into Balmoral FPV, then transported into Forties Pipeline System

Extension into other UK blocks:

None