Shearwater Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Shearwater operating[1] Shell[1] Neo Energy Ltd [44%]; Shell PLC [56%][2][3][4][5][6][2][3][4][5][6] 1988[3] 1997[7] 2000[3] conventional[8]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Shearwater Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas remaining recoverable reserves 2827.74 million m³ 2021 ​[9]
hydrocarbons 2P reserves 15.0 million boe 2019 ​[10]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 33.65 million bbl 2021 ​[9]

Table 3: Production from Shearwater 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 574.19 million m³/y 2019 ​[11]
production oil 2.24 million bbl/y 2019 ​[11]
production gas 827.14 million m³/y 2022 ​[12]
production oil 1.45 million bbl/y 2022 ​[12]
production associated gas 583.03 million m³/y 2023 ​[13]
production dry gas 0.0 million m³/y 2023 ​[13]
production gas condensate 0.0 million bbl/y 2023 ​[13]
production oil 1.55 million bbl/y 2023 ​[13]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
022/30b[7] offshore, United Kingdom[13] offshore[14] 57.0324, 1.9438 (exact)[13]

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

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220810151327/https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/333091/shell-shearwater-bp-deal-tailwind/. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210626041545/https://www.reuters.com/article/bp-shearwater/bp-relaunches-shearwater-oilfield-sale-after-shell-talks-end-sources-idUSL8N23E229. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041318/https://www.neweuropeanoffshore.com/operations/. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220518192855/https://www.upstreamonline.com/production/shell-pre-empts-tailwind-energy-to-acquire-bp-interest-in-shearwater-hub/2-1-1031548. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230224210904/https://www.offshore-energy.biz/bp-exits-shells-shearwater-field/. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758ec3e5274a6faebebded/Full_List_of_Offshore_Field_Approvals__September_2016_.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210227104953/https://www.offshore-mag.com/regional-reports/north-sea-europe/article/14198223/neo-energy-exxonmobil-strike-deal-on-uk-north-sea-transaction. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230603201815/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/shearwater-conventional-gas-field-uk-2/. Archived from the original on 03 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210830235046/http://www.anp.gov.br/arquivos/cap/2019/cap24/4-apres-premier-oil-nathan-biddle.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/oga-field-production-points-pprs-wgs84. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::-nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)