Bruce

(BP-Amoco)

Offshore condensate field in production.

Block and licence number:

9/8a, P.209

Map reference:

Plate 7

Grid reference:

1° 38’ E 59° 34’ N

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

Britoil plc

37.00

BHP Petroleum Great Britain plc

16.00

Elf Exploration UK plc

31.50

Marubeni Oil & Gas (U.K) Ltd

3.75

TotalFinaElf Exploration UK plc

11.75

Date of discovery:

July 1974

Production start:

Oil: May 1993
Gas Condensate: August 1993

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present :

Oil: (million tonnes) 23.84
NGLs: (million tonnes) 4.13
Gas: (billion cubic metres) 80.83

First year of peak production:

1998

Peak production:

Oil: (million tonnes per year) 2.30
NGLs: (million tonnes per year) 0.19
Gas: (billion cubic metres per year) 6.45

Water depth:

122m

Gravity:

Oil: 38º API
Condensate: 50º API

Sulphur content:

Central Area Oil: 0.13%
Condensate: 0.02%

Transport system:

Oil and condensate via pipeline to Forties and Kinneil. Gas and NGLs via Frigg pipeline to St. Fergus.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

9/9a, P.090

9/9b, P.276

Remarks:

Field discovered by Hamilton who progressed it to Annex B. BP were the unit operator for the development phase.