Clyde

(Talisman)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

30/17b, P.266

Map reference:

Plate 9

Grid reference:

2° 17’ E 56° 27’ N

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

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd.

95.00

First Oil Expro Limited.

5.00

Date of discovery:

June 1978

Production start:

March 1987

Operator’s estimate of:

 

Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):

17.98

First year of peak production:

1988

Peak production (million tonnes per year):

2.5

Water depth:

81m

Gravity:

37.5º API

Sulphur content:

0.40%

Transport system:

Oil piped to Fulmar for export to Teesside via the Norpipe system. Associated Gas piped to Fulmar and then to St. Fergus via the Fulmar gas line.

Extension into other UK blocks:

30/16 waiver in place. Commercial depletion possible.