Balmoral oil field
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The Balmoral oil field is a depleted crude oil field in the UK sector of the central North Sea, 225 km north-east of Aberdeen. Oil was produced from the field reservoir by the Balmoral Floating Production Vessel (FPV) between 1986 and 2020. The Balmoral FPV also processed oil from six minor oil fields in the area. Oil production from the field has ceased.
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Balmoral oil field | |
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Location of Balmoral oil field | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Region | North Sea |
Location/block | 16/21 |
Offshore/onshore | offshore |
Coordinates | 58.2292°N 1.1086°E / 58.2292; 1.1086 |
Operators | Sun Oil (1986-2004), Canadian Natural Resources (2004-07), Premier Oil (from 2007) |
Owner | see text |
Field history | |
Discovery | August 1975 |
Start of production | 1986 |
Peak of production | 1987 |
Abandonment | 2020 |
Production | |
Estimated oil in place | 68 million barrels (~8.9×10 |
Recoverable oil (million tonnes) | 13.33 |
Producing formations | Upper Paleocene and Devonian sandstones |
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