- List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and
natural gas reservoirs beneath theNorth Sea . In terms of the oil industry,North Sea oil often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the UK "Atlantic Margin" (west of Shetland) not, strictly speaking, part of the North Sea.List of fields
South to north.
Netherlands
** Onshore
***Rijswijk oil field - An Oilfield with a Lower Cretaceous reservoir
***Schoonebeek - largest onshore oilfield in Western Europe
***Groningen gas field - huge gas discovery
** Offshore (serviced fromThe Hague
***Zuidwal
***Ameland - (whether this will be developed onshore of offshore is an open question)
***De Ruyter oil field - Most recent offshore oil development (2006)
***Hanze oil field - Most northern oil field in Dutch sector (2001)
*** Many fields in Quadrantrs P, Q, K, L, some in blocks E, FUnited Kingdom
Reference [http://www.dbd-data.co.uk/bb2001/book.htm DTI Brown book]
** Onshore
***Wytch Farm -BP 's largest onshore development
***Singleton, West Sussex - beautifully situated across the valley fromGoodwood Racecourse
*** (several other prospects along strike on theSouth Downs )
***East Midlands oilfield, centred on Eakring, Nottinghamshire, and extending up toEskdale, North Yorkshire and the Pickering /Kirby Misperton structure underRyedale .
** Offshore (Southern North Sea) (serviced from Easington,Lowestoft ,Hartlepool ,Yarmouth and nearSkegness )
*** Hewett - Triassic, operated byTullow oil
*** Dotty - Triassic
*** Leman - Rotliegend
*** Vulcan - Rotliegend, operated byConocoPhillips
*** Indefatigable - Rotliegend
*** Viking - Rotliegend - operated byConocoPhillips
*** Audrey - Rotliegend - operated byConocoPhillips
*** Ann - Rotliegend - operated byConocoPhillips
***Amethyst gasfield - Rotliegend - operated byBP
***West Sole gasfield -Rotliegend
***Rough gasfield - used for Natural gas storage
***Cleeton gasfield - Rotliegend
***Ravenspurn gasfield - Rotliegend
***Caister gasfield - Carboniferous sandstone, - operated byConocoPhillips
***Murdoch gasfield - Carboniferous sandstone, - operated byConocoPhillips
***Gordon gasfield - Triassic
***Forbes gasfield - Triassic
***Esmond gasfield - Triassic
** OffshoreIrish Sea Serviced fromLiverpool ,Blackpool andMorecambe
*** Douglas gas field - Triassic, operated by BHP
***Lennox gas field - Triassic, operated by BHP
***Hamilton gas field - Triassic, operated by BHP
***Morecambe gas field - Triassic, Operated byCentrica
***Millom gasfield - Triassic, operated byBurlington Resources
** Offshore (Central North Sea) (serviced fromAberdeen
***Argyll oilfield - Rotliegend / Zechstein
***Auk oilfield - Rotliegend / Zechstein, Operated byTalisman Energy
***Clyde oilfield - Fulmar sandstone operated byTalisman Energy
***Fulmar oilfield - Fulmar sandstone, Operated byTalisman Energy
***J-Block gasfield - Triassic, Chalk and Palaeocene, operated byConocoPhillips
***Elgin and Franklin gasfields - Fulmar sandtone and Middle Jurassic, operated byTotal S.A.
***Shearwater Gasfield - Fulmar - operated byShell oil
***Erskine gasfield -Middle Jurassic sandstone - operated by Chevron
***Gannet oilfield (A, B, C, D, E, and F) - Paleocene and Jurassic - operated by Shell
***Scoter oilfield -operated by Shell
***Pierce oilfield - Paleocene (non-horizontal Oil-Water Contact), Operated byShell Oil
***ETAP gas field complex includes Marnock, Machar, Monan and Mirren fields, Operated by BP
***Arbroath oilfield - Plaeocene, Forties Sandstone, operated byTalisman Energy
***Blane oil field - Paleocene, Forties Sandstone, operated byTalisman Energy
***Montrose oilfield - Paleocene, Forties Sandstone, operated byTalisman Energy
***Lomond gasfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone operated byBP
***Everest gasfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone operated byBP
***Armada gasfields - Palaeocene and Jurassic Fulmar, operated byBG Group
***Kittiwake oilfield - Operated by Shell
***Nelson oilfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone, Operated byShell Oil
***Forties oilfield - Palaeocene, Forties Sandstone operated byApache Corp.
***Brittania gasfield - Lower Cretaceous, Operated byConocoPhillips and Chevron
***Alba oilfield - Eocene operated by Chevron
***Buchan oil field - Devonian Sandstone - Operated byTalisman Energy
***Ettrick oilfield - Upper Jurassic
***Buzzard oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byNexen , largest discovery in last 25 years
***Andrew oilfield - Palaeocene, operated byBP
***Moira oilfield - Palaeocene
***Maureen oilfield - Palaeocene (abandoned, platform removed was operated byPhillips Petroleum )
***Cyrus oilfield - Palaeocene
***Balmoral oilfield - Palaeocene
***Gryphon oilfield - Eocene Operated byMaersk
***Harding oilfield - Eocene Operated by BP
***Tiffany oilfield - Upper Jurassic
***Toni oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany)
***Thelma oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany)
***Sycamore oilfield - Upper Jurassic (subsea tie back to Tiffany and Brae)
***Brae oilfield Upper Jurassic (several satellite accumulations) operated byMarathon Oil
***Miller oilfield - Operated byBP
** Offshore (Moray Firth) (Serviced fromAberdeen )
***Beatrice oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byTalisman Energy
*** Unnamed, yet, Senergy
***Claymore oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byTalisman Energy
***Piper oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byTalisman Energy (produced from Piper Bravo platform after loss ofPiper Alpha
***Tartan oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byTalisman Energy
***Scott oilfield - Upper Jurassic operated byNexen
***Ross oilfield - Upper Jurassic (small development byTalisman Energy ; within sight ofPeterhead )
***Blake oilfield -Lower Cretaceous, operated byBG Group ** Offshore (Northern North Sea) (serviced from
Aberdeen )
***Beryl oilfield upper Jurassic operated byExxonMobil (with offshoots to Linhe, Ness...)
***Bressay oilfield
***Emerald oilfield
***Captain Oilfield operated by Chevron it contains two platforms the WPP linked to the BLP by a bridge and an FPSO for oil storage. The field also has a tie in to the Frigg system to pump gas
***Strathspey oilfield (Subsea tie-back to Ninian Central)
***Columba oilfield (extended-reach drilling from Ninian platforms)
***Ninian oilfield (3 platforms, including the dreaded "one legged, fire-breathing giant from Nigg", if you believe inScotland 's answer toNostradamus , the Seer of Brathan)Operated byCanadian Natural Resources Limited
***Lyell oilfield
***Heather oilfield Middle Jurassic operated by DNO
***Brent oilfield Middle Jurassic operated by Shell (4 main platforms, plus theBrent Spar fiasco.)
***Dunlin oilfield Middle Jurassic operated by Shell
***Hutton oilfield (produced from the innovativeTension-leg platform ; decommissioned2001 was operated byConoco )
***Cormorant oilfield Middle Jurassic operated by Shell, (production started sweet, but has turned slightly sour over the decades. which is very interesting. And worrying.)
***Tern oilfield Operated byShell Oil (The 'Black Pig' to its friends.Captain Pugwash reference.)
***Eider oilfield Middle Jurassic operated by Shell
***Murchison oilfield Straddles the Norwegian median line. Operated byCanadian Natural Resources Limited
***Don oilfield
***Magnus oilfield
** Offshore (West of Shetland) (Serviced fromAberdeen )
***Clair oilfield A large, but high viscosity field.
***Schiehallion oilfield
***Foinaven oilfield
***North Alwyn oilfield - Operated byTotal S.A.
***Dunbar oilfield - Operated byTotal S.A. Germany
** Onshore
***Wietze "near Hanover", discovered in 1859.
*** The Schoenebeek field of the Netherlands extends across the border.
** One commercial offshore oilfield:Mittelplate approx. 2 Mio m³/a of crude oil productionDenmark
** Nothing onshore
** Offshore development is abundant. Of the 19 fields, 15 are operated by [http://www.maerskoil.com Maersk Oil and Gas] as part of the [http://www.duc.dk/ Dansk Undergrunds Consortium] , with the remaining 4 operated byDONG Energy (3) and Hess (1). [ [http://www.ens.dk/sw12313.asp "Danish Energy Authority Oil and Gas Fields"] . Accessed onAugust 19 ,2007 ]
***Nils oilfiled
***Skjold oilfield
***Gorm oil and gasfield - Chalk reservoir
***Roar oilfield - Chalk reservoir
***Harald oilfield - Chalk reservoir
***Dan oil and gas field - Chalk reservoir
***Kraka oilfield - Chalk reservoir
***Halfdan oil and gas field - Chalk reservoir
***Tyra oil and gas field - Chalk reservoir
*** Tyra Southeast oil field
*** Svend oil field
*** Valdemar oilfield
*** Lulita gas field
*** Regnar oil field
*** Rolf oil field
*** Dagmar oil field
*** Siri oil field
*** Nini oil field
*** Cecilie oil field
*** South Arne oil and gas fieldNorway
Reference - Norwegian Petroleum Directorate [http://www.npd.no/engelsk/cwi/pbl/en/index.htm fact pages on oil fields]
** Onshore developments -none (Oslo Graben oil seeps??).
** Offshore developments. Serviced fromStavanger , Bergen,Kristiansund
** Central North Sea
***Hod oilfield - Chalk reservoir , Operated byBP
***Valhall oilfield - Chalk reservoir, operated byBP
***Eldfisk - Chalk reservoir, operated byConocoPhillips
***Ekofisk - Chalk reservoir, operated byConocoPhillips
***Embla oilfield - Devonian / Permian Reservoir, operated byConocoPhillips
***Tor oilfield - Chalk reservoir, operated byConocoPhillips
***Albuskjell oilfield - decommissioned
***Ula oilfield - Jurassic sandstone reservoir, Operated byBP
***Gyda oilfield - Jurassic sandstone reservoir, Operated byTalisman Energy
***Cod oilfield - decommissioned
** Northern North Sea
***Sleipner oilfield , Jurassic and Palaeocene reservoirs, operated byStatoilHydro
***Brisling oilfield
***Bream oilfield
***Balder oilfield - Palaeocene/Eocene, operated byExxonMobil
***Frigg gas field Large Eocene reservoir gas field,
***Hild gas field
***Heimdal gasfield - Palaeocene reservoir, Operated byStatoilHydro
***Oseberg oilfield Middle Jurassic sandstone reservoir operated byNorsk Hydro (the only oil rig with a log fire in the accommodation ?? MadNoggins - Not anymore! Does have a driving range though. And a sportshall!)
***Brage oil filed , operated byStatoilHydro
*** Troll Largest gas field in North Sea operated byStatoilHydro .
***Gullfaks oil field , Middle Jurassic reservoir operated byStatoilHydro
***Statfjord along strike from Brent, but structurally deeper, partially in UK sector. Operated byStatoilHydro
***Snorre oilfield , Middle Jurassic reservoir operated byStatoilHydro
***Murchison oil field (part of; produced through UK) Operated byCanadian Natural Resources Limited
***Agat
**Haltenbank ; numerous developments in production,Heidrun gasfied ,Draugen oil field , Ormen Lange etc.Associated, but not strictly North Sea
* Ireland (includes
Northern Ireland )
** Onshore
***Larne ; tiny prospect under the basalts.
*** Other small prospects, and significant coal-bed methane.
** Offshore
***Kinsale Head ; gas development off the coast of Cork
***Corrib Gas Field ; about to start production to a controversial onshore processing plant
***Inishbeg ; prospect announced to the NW of Donegal. Due to be drilled August 2006.
* Faroes
** Offshore
*** Various blocks licensed for exploration, several discoveries not yet developed.Fact|date=April 2008
* Iceland
** Offshore
*** Nothing published, but the idea is not inconceivable on the ridges extending towards Iceland from the Faroes and the East Greenland Coast.
* East Greenland
** Onshore
*** No prospects reported, though sediments analogous to the Mesozoic and Caenozoic deposits of the North Sea are known, so there is appreciable interest. Development would be formidably difficult, technically, logistically and politically.
** Offshore
*** A recent conference on hydrocarbon prospects in arctic Russia (Geological Society, London; February 2006) had several speakers mention major gas prospectivity on the EastGreenland coast, but they cited no sources. A conference volume is due towards the end of 2006, which may elaborate.
* Barents Sea
** Onshore
*** No significant prospects or potential.
** Offshore
*** Significant exploration, appraisal and development. Major discoveries theSnøhvit gasfield, operated byStatoilHydro in Norwegian sector and the Stokhmanovskoye gasfield planned to be operated byGazprom in Russian sector.ee also
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