Bentley Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Xcite Energy
  • Country: UK
  • Location: East Shetland Platform in the UK Northern North Sea
  • Production start:
  • Partners: Xcite Energy- 100%
  • Type: Heavy Oil
  • Estimated Reserves: 550 MMstb
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • Bentley field is one of the largest undeveloped fields in the North Sea, containing some 550 MMstb in-place of 10°-11° API heavy oil
  • Located on the East Shetland Platform in the UK Northern North Sea, 8 km southeast of the Bressay Field (currently operated by Statoil), 15 km east of the Kraken Field (operator: Enquest) and 20 km north-northeast of the Bruce Field (operator: BP).

+++ Contractors

  • **Expro:** - Contracted to provide heavy oil well testing and data management services

+++ History

  • 1977 - The Bentley Field is discovered

+++ Geology

  • The Bentley Field, is a four-way dip closed structure of Lower Eocene and Upper Palaeocene Dornoch sandstone reservoir, containing around 550 MMstb in-place of 10°-11° API heavy oil

+++ Links

  1. Xcite Energy Bentley
  2. Expro win extended well testing contract in Bentley field