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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

+++ Contractors
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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.

+++ Links
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:bp-wytch-farm-field-wins-queen-s-environmental-award BP Wytch Farm Field Wins Queen's Environmental Award]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:829 BP Agrees Sale of Wytch Farm to Perenco UK Limited]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:3345 Wytch Farm : Drilling vertically and horizontally]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4518 Approval of 39 planning applications for Wytch Farm]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5264 Producing Assets Acquisition]

Wytch Farm Oil Field - Revision history

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