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Oil and Gas

6.1 UK sector of the northern North Sea Oil fields in production: 1975-1996

million tonnes
Field Operator Discovery Date Reserve estimate(1) Oil production(3) Cumulative total from 1975
Total from 1975 to end 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Alba Chevron 1984 50.7 - - - 2.3 3.8 3.8 9.9
Alwyn N Total Oil Marine 1975 29.0 15.3 3.6 2.9 1.9 1.3 0.9 26.0
Andrew BP 1974 15.8 - - - - - 0.8 0.8
Angus Amerada Hess 1987 1.4 - 1.2 0.2 - - - 1.4
Arbroath Amoco 1969 17.9 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.4 10.5
Argyll Hamilton Bros 1971 9.7 9.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 - - 9.9
Arkwright Amoco 1996 - - - - - - 0.1 0.1
Auk Shell 1971 17.1 11.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 14.1
Balmoral Sun Oil 1975 13.3 8.1 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 12.3
Banff Conoco 1996 .. - - - - - 0.3 0.3
Beatrice Britoil 1976 20.9 16.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 19.4
Beinn Marathon 1987 3.0 - - 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.1
Beryl Mobil 1972 204.1 65.9 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.2 88.4
Birch Lasmo 1985 4.0 - - - - 0.3 1.0 1.3
Blair Sun Oil Britain 1983 0.1 0.1 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Blenheim Arco 1990 2.2 - - - - 1.1 0.8 1.9
Brae Central Marathon 1976 9.0 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 4.1
Brae East Marathon 1980 37.3 - - - 2.6 3.3 2.7 8.7
Brae North Marathon 1975 21.0 10.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 14.9
Brae South Marathon 1972 40.0 27.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 30.5
Brent Shell 1971 270.2 180.4 10.8 10.9 9.5 9.0 9.3 229.9
Brimmond Shell 1996 .. - - - - - - -
Bruce BP 1974 23.0 - - 0.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 6.4
Buchan BP 1974 16.0 11.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 14.1
Chanter E E Caledonia 1985 0.7 - - 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5
Claymore E E Caledonia 1974 76.9 49.5 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.1 60.8
Clyde BP 1978 17.5 9.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 13.8
Columba B Chevron 1996 .. - - - - - 0.1 0.1
Columba D Chevron 1976 - - - - 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.1
Cormorant N Shell 1974 63.1 33.5 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.4 42.2
Cormorant S Shell 1972 29.2 16.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.9 21.1
Crawford Hamilton Bros 1975 0.5 0.5 - - 0.0 0.0 - 0.5
Cyrus BP 1979 4.4 0.3 0.1 - 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8
Deveron Britoil 1972 2.2 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 - 2.0
Don Britoil 1976 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.6
Donan BP 1987 2.1 - 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.8
Douglas Hamilton 1990 11.6 - - - - - 0.7 0.7
Dunbar Total 1973 16.3 - - - 0.0 1.8 2.2 4.0
Duncan Hamilton Bros 1981 2.5 2.2 - - 0.0 0.0 - 2.2
Dunlin Shell 1973 55.0 40.9 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 46.1
Eider Shell 1976 15.3 5.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 11.7
Ellon Total 1972 6.5 - - - 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Emerald Midland & Scottish Energy 1981 2.4 - 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.4 - 2.3
Everest Amoco 1982 4.6 - - 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9
Fergus Amerada Hess 1996 - - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Fife Amerada Hess 1991 7.1 - - - - 0.7 1.6 2.3
Forties BP 1970 334.0 282.3 7.6 5.8 6.0 5.4 5.1 312.4
Frigg (UK) Total 1972 72.5 - - 5.8 - 0.0 - 5.8
Fulmar Shell 1975 74.3 58.6 4.0 2.6 2.0 1.2 1.0 69.5
Gannet A Shell 1978 8.1 - - - 0.5 1.0 1.3 2.9
Gannet B Shell 1979 3.1 - - 0.1 0.1 0.2 - 0.4
Gannet C Shell 1982 8.8 - - 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 5.9
Gannet D Shell 1987 5.3 - - 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.4
Glamis Sun Oil Britain 1982 2.3 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 - 2.2
Gryphon Kerr-McGee 1987 14.7 - - 0.2 1.7 2.2 1.9 6.0
Guillemot'A' Shell 1979 6.2 - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Hamish Amerada Hess 1988 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4
Harding BP 1988 26.50bcm (gas) - - - - - 1.9 1.9
Heather Unocal 1973 14.2 12.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 14.2
Highlander Texaco 1976 10.4 7.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 8.9
Hudson Amerada Hess 1987 12.0 - - 0.8 1.5 1.8 1.5 5.5
Hutton Conoco 1973 25.3 18.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 23.9
Hutton NW Amoco 1975 15.9 13.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 15.6
Innes Hamilton Bros 1983 0.7 0.7 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.7
Ivanhoe Amerada Hess 1975 8.2 2.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 7.4
Joanne Phillips 1981 13.0bcm (gas) - - - - 0.0 0.3 0.3
Judy Phillips 1985 8.9 - - - - 0.0 0.1 0.1
Kittiwake Shell 1981 8.7 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.0 8.1
Lennox Hamilton 1992 7.6 - - - - - 0.1 0.1
Leven BP 1981 1.0 - 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.6
Linnhe Mobil 1988 0.2 0.1 - - - 0.0 - 0.1
Lomond Amoco 1972 1.6 - - 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
Lyell Conoco 1975 4.4 - - 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 2.1
Machar BP 1975 10.3 - - - 0.6 0.8 0.4 1.9
Magnus BP 1974 106.3 51.4 6.7 6.7 6.8 5.4 4.5 81.5
Magnus S BP 1996 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Maureen Phillips 1973 28.6 24.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.4 28.7
Medwin BP 1989 0.1 - - - 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
Miller BP 1983 39.2 - 2.8 5.7 6.4 6.4 6.4 27.7
Moira Phillips 1988 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - 0.5
Montrose Amoco 1971 12.8 10.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 11.2
Murchison (UK) Conoco 1975 46.0 30.3 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 34.4
Nelson Shell 1988 64.1 - - - 5.1 6.6 6.8 18.6
Ness Mobil 1986 5.4 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 - 3.6
Nevis Mobil 1996 .. - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Ninian Chevron 1974 157.0 124.9 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.4 140.0
Osprey Shell 1974 13.2 - 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.2 8.0
Pelican Shell 1996 1.5 - - - - - 1.5 1.5
Petronella Texaco 1975 5.1 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 4.1
Piper E E Caledonia 1973 135.5 111.2 - 2.6 3.8 4.0 3.1 124.7
Rob Roy Amerada Hess 1984 13.2 4.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.0 12.1
Saltire E E Caledonia 1988 12.0 - - 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 6.1
Scapa E E Caledonia 1975 14.5 5.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.9 11.1
Schooner Shell 1996 17.50bcm(gas) - - - - - - -
Scott Amerada Hess 1984 69.0 - - 1.5 8.0 8.8 7.0 25.4
Staffa Lasmo 1985 0.5 - 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 - 0.5
Statfjord (UK) Statoil 1975 522.0 46.3 3.2 3.8 4.5 3.5 3.3 64.7
Stirling Sun Oil Britain 1980 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 - 0.1
Strathspey Texaco 1975 11.2 - - - 1.4 1.7 1.8 4.9
Tartan Texaco 1975 14.0 10.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 12.3
Teal Shell 1989 4.8 - - - - - - -
Telford Amerada Hess 1996 .. - - - - - 0.1 0.1
Tern Shell 1975 42.0 5.1 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.3 2.8 21.8
Thelma AGIP 1996 .. - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Thistle Britoil 1973 55.4 47.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 51.6
Tiffany AGIP 1977 14.3 - - 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.7 5.6
Toni AGIP 1979 5.3 - - - 0.6 1.5 1.0 3.1
TOTAL     3178.8 1397.6 84.8 95.8 113.6 117.0 113.6 1926.6


Source: Department of Trade and Industry

(1) Operator's estimate of proven recoverable reserves (million tonnes).
(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100,000 tonnes. This has created some discrepancies between individual annual field figures and cumulative totals.
(3) Total reserves of field is 185bcm, of which 39.18% is located in the UK sector.
(4) The data has been limited to 1996 as updated production figures are not available until May/June.
 

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