Alba Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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Alba Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in United Kingdom.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Alba Oil and Gas Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Alba operating[1] Ithaca Energy[1] Waldorf Production UK PLC [25%]; Spirit Energy Ltd [12%]; Neo Energy Ltd [17%]; Enquest PLC [8%]; Ithaca Energy PLC [36%][2][2][2][2][2] 1984[3] 1991[4] 1994[3] conventional[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Alba Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
hydrocarbons 2P reserves 23.6 million boe 2011 ​[6]

Table 3: Production from Alba Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production gas 44.56 million m³/y 2019 ​[5]
production oil 3.65 million bbl/y 2019 ​[5]
production gas 24.76 million m³/y 2022 ​[7]
production oil 1.72 million bbl/y 2022 ​[7]
production associated gas 14.24 million m³/y 2023 ​[8]
production dry gas 0.0 million m³/y 2023 ​[8]
production gas condensate 0.0 million bbl/y 2023 ​[8]
production oil 1.13 million bbl/y 2023 ​[8]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Alba Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
016/26[4] offshore, United Kingdom[8] offshore[9] 58.0355, 1.1085 (exact)[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://data.nstauthority.co.uk/arcgis/rest/services/Public_WGS84/UKCS_Offshore_Fields_WGS84/FeatureServer/0. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230327131326/https://www.ithacaenergy.com/assets/alba. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/documents/OGAUTHORITY::oga-offshore-zipped-shapefiles-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758ec3e5274a6faebebded/Full_List_of_Offshore_Field_Approvals__September_2016_.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/oga-field-production-points-pprs-wgs84. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210627204912/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1112412/000119312512114006/d314977dex991.htm. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::-nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)