Bittern Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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Bittern 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 Bittern Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Bittern	operating	Dana Petroleum	Exxon Mobil Corp [25%]; Shell PLC [39%]; other [2%]; Dana Petroleum Ltd [33%]	1996	1998	2000	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Bittern 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	113.66	million m³/y	2019	​
production	oil	2.4	million bbl/y	2019	​
production	gas	73.86	million m³/y	2022	​
production	oil	2.23	million bbl/y	2022	​
production	associated gas	51.3	million m³/y	2023	​
production	dry gas	0.0	million m³/y	2023	​
production	gas condensate	0.0	million bbl/y	2023	​
production	oil	1.87	million bbl/y	2023	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Bittern Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
029/01b	offshore, United Kingdom	offshore	56.9092, 1.0296 (exact)

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Additional Data

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