Assay of forties stream updated

Journal Article · Mon Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5788482

Rhodes, A K

This paper reports on characteristics of crude oil from the important North Sea Forties stream that have been updated. Forties oil field went on production in September 1975, operated by BP Exploration Co. Ltd. Since then, six other U.K. fields and Norway's Heimdal field have been tied into the system. Fields currently included in the stream are Forties; South, Central, and North Brae; Balmoral; Montrose/Arbroath; Buchan; and Heimdal. Production in the Forties filed peaked in 1978--81 at 500,000 b/d. By 1983, it had dropped to 447,000 b/d, and by March 1987, to about 400,000 b/d. Current production is about 200,000 b/d. The original pipeline was laid in 1973--74 from the Forties field in Block 21/10 of the North Sea's U.K. sector to the Cruden Bay terminal near Peterhead, Scotland.

• OSTI ID: 5788482
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 89:28; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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