Boulton

(Conoco)

Offshore gas field in production.

Block and licence number:

44/21a, P.450

Map reference:

Plate 10

Grid reference:

2° 08’ E 54° 14’ N

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

Conoco (UK) Ltd

46.00

GDF Britain Ltd

44.50

Tullow Exploration Ltd

9.50

Date of discovery:

November 1984

Production start:

December 1997

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present :

Gas: (billion cubic metres) 4.47
NGL: (million tonnes) 0.24

First year of peak production:

1998

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):

0.93

Water depth:

37m

Transport system:

Pipeline to Theddlethorpe via Murdoch and CMS.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None