Brae West

(Marathon)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

16/7a, P.108

Map reference:

Plate 8

Grid reference:

1° 13’ E 58° 46’ N

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

Marathon Oil UK  Ltd.

38.00

BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd.

20.00

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd.

14.00

Kerr McGee Oil (UK) plc

8.00

BG International Ltd.

7.70

Burlington Resources (UK) Inc.

6.30

Lundin North Sea Ltd.

4.00

Agip (UKCS) Ltd

2.00

Date of discovery:

August 1975

Production start:

October 1997

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

8.95

First year of peak production:

1998

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

1.30

Water depth:

106m

Gravity:

22º API

Sulphur content:

0.52%

Transport system:

Oil and NGLs piped to Cruden Bay via Forties. Gas exported via SAGE system to St. Fergus.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

16/6a – North, P.205

Summit UK Oil Ltd

40.00

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd.

20.00

BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd

20.00

Lundin Oil & Gas Ltd

20.00

Remarks:

In the light of development well results Brae West Field and Sedgwick Field were on 3/9/99 redetermined as a single field called Brae West.