Penguin East Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

Along with Penguins Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), Penguins Redevelopment Oil and Gas Phase (United Kingdom), and Penguin West Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), Penguin East Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Penguins Project.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Penguin East	operating	Shell	Shell UK Ltd [50%]; Neo Energy Ltd [50%]	1975	–	2003	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Penguin East 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	169.0	million m³/y	2019	​
production	oil	1.12	million bbl/y	2019	​
production	associated gas	0.0	million m³/y	2023	​
production	dry gas	0.0	million m³/y	2023	​
production	gas condensate	0.0	million bbl/y	2023	​
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2023	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Penguin East Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
offshore, United Kingdom	offshore	61.5989, 1.5953 (exact)

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

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Additional Data

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