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Oil Fields Block Consent Operator at Condensate Fields Block Consent Operator at
Number Date time of Number Date time of
consent consent
ARGYLL 030/24 Dec-76 Hamilton BRAE NORTH (Part of BR 016/07a Feb-80 Marathon
AUK 030/16 Jun-77 Shell BRUCE 009/08 Sep-90 Britoil
BUCHAN 021/01 Mar-78 BP BRAE EAST 016/03a Nov-90 Marathon
FULMAR 030/16 Jun-78 Shell EVEREST 022/10a May-91 Amoco
BEATRICE 011/30 Aug-78 Britoil LOMOND 023/21 May-91 Amoco
MAGNUS 211/12 Dec-78 BP JUDY 030/07a Jan-93 Phillips
MAUREEN 016/29 Feb-79 Phillips JOANNE 030/07a Jan-93 Phillips
TARTAN 015/16 Mar-79 Texaco ELLON 003/15 Feb-93 Total
NORTH CORMORANT 211/21 Apr-79 Shell BEINN 016/07a Feb-94 Marathon
NORTH WEST HUTTON 211/27 Aug-79 Amoco DRAKE 022/05b Jun-94 British Gas
BRAE SOUTH (Part of BRAE) 016/07a Feb-80 Amoco FLEMING 022/05b Jun-94 British Gas
HUTTON 211/28 Aug-80 Amoco HAWKINS 022/05a Jun-94 British Gas
NORTH ALWYN 003/09a Oct-82 Total BRITANNIA 015/30 Dec-94 BOL
CLYDE 030/17b Dec-82 Britoil ERSKINE 023/26a May-95 Texaco
DUNCAN 030/24 Sep-83 Hamilton MARNOCK (Part of MAR 022/24a Dec-95 BP
HIGHLANDER 014/20 Nov-83 Texaco ELGIN 022/30c Apr-97 Elf Exploration
BALMORAL 016/21 Dec-83 Sun Oil FRANKLIN 029/04b Apr-97 Elf Exploration
DEVERON 211/18 Sep-84 Britoil SHEARWATER 022/30b Apr-97 Shell
INNES 030/24 Nov-84 Hamilton GRANT 003/14a Apr-98 Total
CYRUS 016/28 Nov-84 BP JADE 030/02c Jan-00 Phillips
TERN 210/25 Feb-85 Shell SKENE 009/19 Jul-00 Exxon-Mobil
SCAPA 014/19 Sep-85 Occidental SCOTER 022/30 Nov-01 Shell
EIDER 211/16 Oct-85 Shell GOLDENEYE 014/29a Mar-02 Shell
IVANHOE 015/21 Jan-86 Amerada Hess BRAEMAR 016/03b Aug-02 Marathon
ROB ROY 015/21a Jan-86 Amerada Hess SEYMOUR 022/05b Mar-03 BG
PETRONELLA 014/20 Apr-86 Texaco ATLANTIC 014/26a Dec-03 BG
NESS 009/13b Apr-87 Mobil BRODGAR 021/03a Mar-04 ConocoPhillips
KITTIWAKE 021/18 Sep-87 Shell GLENELG 029/04d Jul-04 Total
GLAMIS 016/21a Dec-87 Sun Oil FORVIE NORTH 003/15 Mar-05 Total
CHANTER 015/17 Dec-87 Occidental MERGANSER 022/30a Apr-06 Shell
ARBROATH 022/18 Dec-87 Amoco STARLING 029/03a Jan-07 Shell
DON 211/18 Mar-88 Britoil JURA 003/15 Aug-07 Total
CRAWFORD 009/28 Sep-88 Hamilton LAGGAN 206/1 Mar-10 Total
MILLER 016/07b Oct-88 BP TORMORE 205/5a Mar-10 Total
OSPREY 211/23 Nov-88 Shell ISLAY [UK] 003/15 Jul-10 Total
EMERALD 002/15 Jan-89 Sovereign JASMINE 030/6a Oct-10 ConocoPhillips
MOIRA 016/29a Aug-89 Phillips DEVENICK 009/24b Dec-10 BP
GANNET A 022/21 Sep-89 Shell ROCHELLE 015/27 Feb-11 Endeavour
GANNET C 021/30 Sep-89 Shell HARRIER 030/6a Apr-12 Ithaca
GANNET D 022/21 Sep-89 Shell FRAM 029/3a Oct-12 Shell
LINNHE 009/13c Sep-89 Mobil CAYLEY 022/17 Oct-12 Talisman
HAMISH 015/21b Feb-90 Amerada Hess ALDER 015/29a Jan-14 Chevron
BLAIR 016/21a Mar-90 Sun Oil EDRADOUR 206/4 Mar-15 Total
TIFFANY 016/17 Jul-90 Agip GLENLIVET 214/30a Mar-15 Total
SCOTT 015/22 Aug-90 Amerada Hess CULZEAN 022/25a Aug-15 Maersk
STAFFA 003/08b Oct-90 Lasmo
TONI 016/17 Nov-90 Agip
LYELL 003/02 Jan-91 Conoco
SALTIRE 015/17 Jan-91 Elf Enterprise
ALBA 016/26 Apr-91 Chevron
NELSON 022/11 Jul-91 Shell
STRATHSPEY 003/04 Sep-91 Texaco
ANGUS 031/26a Nov-91 Amerada Hess
DONAN (BP) 015/20a Nov-91 Britoil
LEVEN 030/17b Sep-92 BP
Summary Table
UKCS Offshore Field Consents Since 1/1/1976
Number of Offshore Oil Field Consents 221
Number of Offshore Condensate Field Consents 45
Number of Offshore Gas Field Consents 159
Total Number of Offshore Field Consents 425
Notes
The Brae field approved in Feb-80 consists of a condensate field, Brae North and an oil field, Brae South
The Marnock-Skua field approved in Dec-95 consists of a condensate field, Marnock, and an oil field, Skua
The Bell gas field has two operators but has been counted here as only one field
Older Fields
Please note that an additional 19 UKCS Offshore Fields were already in production or under development before the 1976 A
These 19 fields (13 oil fields and 6 gas fields) are listed in the two tables below together with start-up dates
Indefatigable gas field has two operators but has been counted here as only one field
Leman gas field has two operators but has been counted here as only one field
Viking Group A B C D E has been counted here as only one field
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