Caister (B and C)

(Conoco)

Offshore gas fields in production.

Block and licence number:

44/23a, P.452

Map reference:

Plate 10

Grid reference:

2° 26’ E 54° 12’ N

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

Consort Europe Resources Limited

49.00

Conoco (UK) Ltd

30.00

GDF Britain Ltd.

21.00

Date of discovery:

Caister B January 1968
Caister C February 1985

Production start:

Caister B October 1993
Caister C October 1993

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (billion cubic metres):

7.50

First year of peak production:

1994

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):

1.25

Water depth:

42m

Transport system:

Pipeline to Theddlethorpe via Murdoch.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None

Remarks:

Caister has been determined as two fields, Caister B (Bunter) and Caister C (Carboniferous).