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| Ness | (Exxon-Mobil) | ||||||||||
| Offshore oil field in production. | |||||||||||
| Block and licence number: | 9/13b, P.337 | ||||||||||
| Map reference: | Plate 7 | ||||||||||
| Grid reference: | 1° 26’ E 59° 34’ N | ||||||||||
| Licensees and company interest in field (%) at end of February 2002: | |||||||||||
| Mobil North Sea Ltd. | 45.00 | ||||||||||
| Amerada Hess Ltd. | 20.00 | ||||||||||
| Enterprise Oil plc | 20.00 | ||||||||||
| BG International Ltd | 10.00 | ||||||||||
| OMV (UK) Ltd. | 5.00 | ||||||||||
| Date of discovery: | May 1986 | ||||||||||
| Production start: | August 1987 | ||||||||||
| Operator’s estimate of: | |||||||||||
| Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| First year of peak production: | 1988 | ||||||||||
| Peak production (million tonnes per year): | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Water depth: | 118m | ||||||||||
| Gravity: | 37°API | ||||||||||
| Sulphur content: | Nil | ||||||||||
| Transport system: | Tanker loading offshore from Beryl facilities. | ||||||||||
| Extension into other UK blocks: | Block number, licence number and
licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 2000: 9/13a, P.139
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| Remarks: | The subsea field is produced to Beryl B platform for processing. Gas exported via the SAGE pipeline to St. Fergus. | ||||||||||