Bell

(BP-Amoco/Conoco)

Offshore gas field in production.

Block and licence number:

BP - Amoco 49/23, P.016; Conoco 49/22, P.025

Map reference:

Plate 10

Grid reference:

2° 25’ E 53° 16’ N

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

Block 49/23 (BP - Amoco):
Amoco UK Petroleum Ltd

30.77

BG International Ltd

30.77

Amerada Hess Ltd

23.08

Enterprise Oil plc

15.38

Block 49/22 (Conoco):
Conoco  Ltd

20.00

Superior Oil (UK) Ltd

50.00

Statoil (UK) Ltd

30.00

Date of discovery:

January 1994

Production start:

August 1999

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present:

Gas (billion cubic metres): 4.30
Condensate: (million tonnes): 0.01

First year of peak production:

1999

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):

0.70

Water depth:

38m

Transport system:

49/23 production via Bessemer and Inde
49/23AT to Bacton.
49/22 production via Callisto ZM and LOGGS to Theddlethorpe.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

Field straddles blocks 49/23 and 49/22.