Britannia

(Britannia Operator Limited)

Offshore gas condensate field in production

Block and licence number:

16/26, P.213

Map reference:

Plate 8

Grid reference:

1° 00’ E 58° 04’ N

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

Britannia Operator Limited

0.00

Conoco (U.K.) Limited

40.60

Chevron U.K. Limited

30.20

Conoco (UK) Theta Limited

9.01

Arco British Limited

8.97

Phillips Petroleum Company UK Limited

7.23

Texaco North Sea UK Limited

2.18

Conoco Petroleum Limited

1.81

Date of discovery:

September 1975

Production start:

August 1998

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present :

Gas: (billion cubic metres) 83.21
Condensate: (million tonnes) 16.83

First year of peak production:

2000

Peak production:

Gas: (billion cubic metres per year) 7.17
Condensate: (million tonnesper year) 2.12

Water depth:

136m

Transport system:

Gas via 26" ID own build pipeline to SAGE terminal at St. Fergus. Liquid through 14’’ pipeline via BP Forties Unity Platform to Forties pipeline system.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

15/30, P.103

15/29a, P.119

16/27a, P.225

16/27b, P.345