Buzzard Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

Buzzard is a part of the Buzzard complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Buzzard Operating[1] Cnooc International[1] CNOOC Limited (43.21%); Suncor Energy (29.89%); Harbour Energy (21.73%); ONE-Dyas UK Limited (5.16%)[2][3] 2001[4] 2003[5] 2007[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Buzzard Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
hydrocarbons remaining reserves 245.45 million boe 2019 [6]

Table 3: Production from Buzzard Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production hydrocarbons 800 million boe 2022 [7]
production gas 269.21 million m³/y 2019 [8]
production oil 38.32 million bbl/y 2019 [8]
production gas 233.63 million m³/y 2022 [1]
production oil 22.48 million bbl/y 2022 [1]

Location

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

Concession/Block Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
19/10, 19/5a, 20/6 and 20/1s[9] South Halibut Offshore, United Kingdom[8] 57.8331, -0.9463 (exact)[8]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Buzzard complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 North Sea Transition Authority (45121). "NSTA Field Production, PPRS (WGS84)". Open Data NSTA. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. https://cnoocinternational.com/en/related-content/uk/buzzard-phase-ii-surges-ahead, https://cnoocinternational.com/operations/europe/uk https://web.archive.org/web/20210227170650/https://www.chrysaor.com/downloads/2.%20Analyst%20Presentation%20-%206%20October%202020.pdf, https://cnoocinternational.com/en/related-content/uk/buzzard-phase-ii-surges-ahead, https://cnoocinternational.com/operations/europe/uk. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220819055501/https://www.oedigital.com/news/492422-uk-north-sea-cnooc-brings-online-buzzard-phase-ii. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "OGA Offshore Zipped Shapefiles 2020". Oil and Gas Authority. 2020. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  5. Sheila Young (2008). "Oil and gas field names in the central and northern sectors of the North Sea" (PDF). Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved August 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210924163552/https://www.chrysaor.com/downloads/2.%20Analyst%20Presentation%20-%206%20October%202020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204084736/https://cnoocinternational.com/operations/europe/uk. Archived from the original on 04 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "OGA Field Production Points, PPRS (WGS84)". Oil and Gas Authority. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220903211047/https://datanstauthority.blob.core.windows.net/external/ukcs_maps/UKCS_Oil_and_Gas_Activity_CNS.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)