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Clair oilfield
Clair oilfield in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Clair oilfield is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
The Clair oilfield is an offshore oil field in Scottish territorial waters 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Shetland in water depths of up to 140 metres (460 ft). The field is the largest oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf with an estimated 8 billion barrels of oil-in-place, according to the BP Plc's website. It extends over an area of some 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi), covering five licence blocks.
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Background
History
The Clair reservoir was discovered in 1977, with exploration well #206/8-1a penetrating a 568 m oil column in a thick sequence of Devonian to Carboniferous continental sandstone. In the 1980s ten appraisal wells were drilled. This activity demonstrated that the structure extended to an area of some 400 km² with static oil-in-place, although it failed to confirm the presence of economically recoverable reserves. Two further wells were drilled in 1991, two in 1992 and one in 1995. Two of these wells (206/8-8 and 206/8-9z) demonstrated the potential for commercial flow rates but were not produced for long enough to give confidence in long term reservoir deliverability. In 1996 there was a…
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- Coordinates
- 60.7500, -2.4000
- Address
- West of Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q5125122 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Clair oilfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clair oilfield?
- Clair oilfield is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- What is Clair oilfield?
- Clair oilfield in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Clair oilfield?
- Its coordinates are 60.7500°, -2.4000°.
- Who owns Clair oilfield?
- Clair oilfield is owned by BP.