Clipper

(Shell)

Offshore gas field in production.

Block and licence number:

48/19a, P.008

Map reference:

Plate 10

Grid reference:

1° 44’ E 53° 25’ N

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

Shell UK Ltd.

50.00

Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd

50.00

Date of discovery:

March 1968

Production start:

October 1990

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present:

Gas: (billion cubic metres) 19.64
NGL: (million tonnes) 0.10

First year of peak production:

1995

Peak production (billion cubic metres per year):

3.56
(Total of Barque, Barque South and Clipper).

Water depth:

22m

Transport system:

Pipeline to Bacton.

Extension into other UK blocks:

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

48/20a, P.008 & 48/19c, P.465