Wytch Farm Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Perenco
- Country: UK
- Location: Dorset
- Production start: 1979
- Partners: Perenco (Operator) 67.81 per cent, Premier 12.38 per cent, Maersk 7.43 per cent, Summit Petroleum Dorset Ltd 7.43 per cent, Talisman 4.95 per cent
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 17,000 boed
+++ Description
- Wytch Farm is Europe's largest known onshore oilfield
- It is a conventional oilfield extracting oil (with some associated gas) from sandstone and limestone oil reservoirs
- There are sixty-four production wells and 31 water injection wells currently in operation.
- Oil is exported from the field via pipeline directly to the BP-operated Hamble terminal
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+++ History
- 1973 - Wytch Farm Oil Field discovered
- 1979 - First Oil Produced
- 1995 - Wytch Farm Field Wins Queen's Environmental Award
- 2011 - BP Agrees Sale of Wytch Farm to Perenco
- 2013 - Permission granted for redevelopment
- 2014 - Ithaca Energy Acquired a 7.43% stake
+++ Geology
- The field comprises two main reservoirs - the Bridport, a Jurassic sandstone at 924 metres below surface, and the Sherwood, a Triassic sandstone at a depth of 1585 metres.
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