Tartan oil field
Decommissioned oil field / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tartan oil field is a significant crude oil producing field in the UK sector of the North Sea, 187 km north-east of Aberdeen. Production of oil started in 1981 and ceased in 2020, the Tartan Alpha installation is currently (2021) undergoing decommissioning.
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Tartan oil field | |
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Location of Tartan oil field | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Region | North Sea |
Location/blocks | 15/16a and 14/20a |
Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
Coordinates | 58°22′11″N 00°04′25″E |
Operators | Repsol Resources UK |
Owner | Repsol Resources UK |
Field history | |
Discovery | February 1975 |
Start of production | January 1981 |
Abandonment | 2020 |
Production | |
Estimated oil in place | 14.1 million tonnes (~ 12.8×10 |
Recoverable oil | 62 million barrels (~1.1×10 |
Producing formations | Upper Jurassic sandstone |
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