Cheviot Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)
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Cheviot Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in United Kingdom.
Cheviot Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Emerald.
Project Details
Main Data
Table 1: Field-level project details for Cheviot Oil and Gas Field
| Unit name | Status | Operator | Owner | Discovery year | FID1 year | Production start year | Production type2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheviot | Discovered[1] | Waldorf Production UK Ltd.[1] | Waldorf Production UK Ltd. (100.0%)[2] | 1981[1] | – | 2028 (expected)[3][4] | Conventional |
Production and Reserves
Table 2: Reserves of Cheviot Oil and Gas Field
| Fuel description | Reserves classification | Quantity | Units | Data year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gas | contingent resources | 3397.99 | million m³ | 2022 | [5] |
| oil | contingent resources | 50 | million bbl | 2022 | [5] |
Table 3: Production from Cheviot Oil and Gas Field
| Category | Fuel description | Quantity | Units | Data year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| production design capacity | oil | 10.95 | million bbl/y | [not stated] | [6] |
Location
Table 4: Field-level location details for Cheviot Oil and Gas Field
| Concession/Block | Location | Onshore/Offshore | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/10b, 2/15a, 3/11b[7] | Offshore, United Kingdom[8] | Offshore[9] | 60.699, 0.0849 (exact)[8] |
The map below shows the exact location of the field:
Background
Cheviot is a redevelopment of the Emerald field, which was discovered in 1975 and put into production by Midland & Scottish Energy Ltd in 1992 after an “unusually large number of setbacks and changes.”[10] Due to “inadequate project planning and execution,”[11] the field was abandoned after eight percent of the original oil in place was extracted.[11] Cheviot is considered “one of the largest undeveloped fields in the UK North Sea.”[12]
In 2003, Alpha Petroleum was awarded the license for the field.[11] As of 2022, Alpha has a 100% interest in the Cheviot field. Waldorf Production announced that it has acquired Alpha Petroleum from Shorelight Partners on July 11, 2022.[13]
According to the NSTA Energy Pathfinder, Alpha Petroleum was targeting first oil in Q2 2021, however an April 2020 update said that target was delayed due to COVID-19.[14] As of 2022, Cheviot is expected to start commercial production in 2024, reach peak production in 2025, and continue producing until the end of the field's economic life in 2039.[15]
Friends of the Earth calculated the potential lifecycle emissions of the field to be 34 MtCo2e, and stated putting into into production would be ignoring the guidance of the IEA’s Net Zero by 2050 report.[16]
Articles and Resources
Additional Data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 North Sea Transition Authority (2024). "NTSA Offshore Fields". UK Open Data. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240731163906/https://waldorf-production.com/assets/cheviot-development/. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221006140524/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/cheviot-conventional-oil-field-uk/. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.offshore-technology.com/data-insights/oil-gas-field-profile-cheviot-conventional-oil-field-uk/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.waldorf-production.com/news/ https://www.alphapetroleum.com/about-us/news/waldorf-production-announces-the-acquisition-of-alpha-petroleum, https://www.waldorf-production.com/news/.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230208202241/https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZjI0MTYzMmQtODRiYy00ZmIwLTgwZWUtM2E2NmUyNTIxZmI0IiwidCI6ImU2ODFjNTlkLTg2OGUtNDg4Ny04MGZhLWNlMzZmMWYyMWIwZiJ9. Archived from the original on 08 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220904130344/https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/interactive-digital-projects/north-sea/database. Archived from the original on 04 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 , https://www.alphapetroleum.com/assets/cheviot https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/relinquishments-1/explore?filters=eyJCTE9DS1JFRiI6WyIyLzEwYiJdfQ%3D%3D&location=60.308598%2C0.403251%2C8.49 , https://www.alphapetroleum.com/assets/cheviot.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Emerald oil field on production in North Sea". Oil and Gas Journal. August 31, 1992 – via U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named:3 - ↑ "Tip of the iceberg: The future of fossil fuel extraction | Policy and insight". Friends of the Earth | Policy and insight. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
