Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Project (United Kingdom)

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Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in United Kingdom.

The project consists of the following units:

• Elgin Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)
• Franklin Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)
• West Franklin Gas Field (United Kingdom)

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Project

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Elgin-Franklin	operating	TotalEnergies	other [22%]; Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd [21%]; TotalEnergies SE [25%]; Harbour Energy PLC [19%]; EF Oil & Gas Ltd [10%]	1986	1997	2001	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Project

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	remaining reserves	457.14	million boe	2019	​

Location

Table 3: Project-level location details for Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Project

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
offshore, United Kingdom	offshore	56.9747, 1.8542 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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