Cygnus Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Cygnus	operating	Ithaca Energy (UK)	Spirit Energy Ltd [15%]; Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd [85%]	1988	2012	2016	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Cygnus Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	21520.92	million m³	2019	​
gas	2P reserves	18000.0	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Cygnus 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	2581.74	million m³/y	2019	​
production	oil	0.16	million bbl/y	2019	​
production	associated gas	0.0	million m³/y	2023	​
production	dry gas	2178.29	million m³/y	2023	​
production	gas condensate	0.14	million bbl/y	2023	​
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2023	​

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
44/12-1	offshore, United Kingdom	offshore	54.5691, 2.2235 (exact)

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

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