Buckland

(Exxon-Mobil)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

9/18a, P103

Map reference:

Plate 7

Grid reference:

1° 34’ E 59° 27’ N

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

Mobil North Sea Ltd

35.00

Amerada Hess Ltd

14.07

Enterprise Oil plc

14.43

Kerr McGee Gryphon Ltd

33.33

OMV (UK) Ltd

3.17

Date of discovery:

March 1979

Production start:

August 1999

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present :

Oil: (million tonnes) 4.40
Gas: billion cubic metres) 1.2

First year of peak production:

2000

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

1.50

Water depth:

110m

Gravity:

40º API

Sulphur content:

trace

Transport system:

Tanker loading offshore from Beryl platform.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None