Bessemer (BP-Amoco)
Offshore gas field in production.
Block and licence number: 49/23, P.016
Map reference: Plate 10
Grid reference: 2° 28’ E 53° 12’ N
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 2000:
Amoco UK Petroleum Ltd 30.77
BG International Ltd 30.77
Amerada Hess Ltd 23.08
Enterprise Oil plc 15.38
Date of discovery: February 1989
Production start: October 1995
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present: Gas (billion cubic metres): 3.73
Condensate: (million tonnes): 0.05
First year of peak production: 1995
Peak production (billion cubic metres per year): 0.52
Water depth: 36.60m
Transport system: Via Inde 49/23AT to Bacton. See Beaufort.
Extension into other UK blocks: None

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Index Map | Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5 | Plate 6
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