Curlew

(Shell)

Offshore oil field in production.

Block and licence number:

Part 29/7, P.012

Map reference:

Plate 9

Grid reference:

1° 16’ E 56° 43’ N

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

Shell UK Ltd

50.00

Esso Exploration & Production Ltd

50.00

Date of discovery:

May 1990

Production start:

November 1997

Operator’s estimate of:

Recoverable reserves originally present :

Curlew B
Oil: (million tonnes) 0.80
NGLs: (million tonnes) 0.09
Gas: (billion cubic metres) 0.10
Curlew D
Oil: (million tonnes) 3.88
NGLs: (million tonnes) 1.85
Gas: (billion cubic metres) 2.54

First year of peak production:

1998

Peak production :

Curlew B & D
Oil: (million tonnes per year)1.40
NGL's: (million tonnes per year) 0.52
Gas: (billion cubic metres per year) 0.84

Water depth:

93m

Gravity:

Curlew B: 39º API
Curlew D:44º API

Sulphur content:

0%

Transport system:

Subsea satellite to FPSO. Gas via Fulmar Gas Line to St Fergus.

Extension into other UK blocks:

None