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 Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Buzzard Project.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Buzzard	operating^[1]	Cnooc International^[1]	Harbour Energy PLC [21%]; ONE-Dyas UK Ltd [5%]; Suncor Energy Inc [29%]; CNOOC Ltd [43%]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]	2001^[6]	2003^[7]	2007^[6]	conventional^[8]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Buzzard Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	remaining reserves	245.45	million boe	2019	^[9]

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	800.0	million boe	2022	^[5]
production	gas	269.21	million m³/y	2019	^[10]
production	oil	38.32	million bbl/y	2019	^[10]
production	gas	233.63	million m³/y	2022	^[11]
production	oil	22.48	million bbl/y	2022	^[11]
production	associated gas	158.47	million m³/y	2023	^[12]
production	dry gas	0.0	million m³/y	2023	^[12]
production	gas condensate	0.0	million bbl/y	2023	^[12]
production	oil	18.36	million bbl/y	2023	^[12]

Location

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


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
020/06^[7]	South Halibut	offshore, United Kingdom^[12]	offshore^[13]	57.8322, -0.9656 (exact)^[12]

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

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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