Blane () is an offshore
oil field
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located in the southern Norwegian and northern
British
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sectors of
North Sea
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.
[ROC Oil Company Limited. Blane Oil Field (P111-Block 30/3a (Upper), North Sea)]
The Blane facilities are located on the British continental shelf and are tied to the
Ula field which is located to the northeast via subsea pipeline.
[ The field was discovered in 1989 and produces high quality oil.][
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Ownership
Talisman Energy (UK) Limited is the operator with 25.002% of interest in the project. Other partners include Roc Oil Company
Roc Oil Company Limited is a petroleum company based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1997 as a privately owned company by John Doran. In 1999, the company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and in 2004, was listed on th ...
(12.501%), MOC Exploration (UK) (13.994%), Eni UK Limited (13.897%), Eni ULX Limited (4.105%), Dana Petroleum (BVUK) Limited (12.501%), Talisman Energy Norge AS (18.000%). Initial investment in the field was £250 million.[
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Production
Blane is located in approximately of water. The main reservoir stands at in the marine Paleocene sandstones of the Forties Formation. Development drilling started on 13 May 2006. The production started on 12 September 2007.[ Blane field, tied to Ula platform, consists of two horizontal production wells with gas lift and one water injection well.][ The production involves utilization of pressure support from injection of water produced from Tambar, Blane and Ula fields.][
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See also
*Ula oil field
Ula () is an offshore oil field located in the southern Norwegian section of North Sea along with Gyda, Tambar and Tambar East fields making up the UGT area, usually attributed to DONG Energy's main areas of exploration and production activity ...
*Oselvar oil field
Oselvar () is a subsea oil field, abandoned since April 2018, located southwest of Stavanger in the southern Norwegian section of the North Sea, close to the British border. Oselvar was discovered in 1991. The field is located at distance from t ...
* Tambar oil field
*Norpipe
Norpipe is a subsea oil and natural gas pipelines system in the North Sea. It supplies oil from the Norwegian Ekofisk and associated fields in the North Sea to the United Kingdom and natural gas to Germany.
Oil pipeline
The Norpipe oil pipeli ...
*North Sea oil
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In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian ...
*Economy of Norway
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*Economy of the United Kingdom
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References
External linksTalisman Energy official website
{{Resources in Norway
North Sea oil fields
Oil fields in Norway
Oil fields of the United Kingdom
1989 establishments in Norway
1989 establishments in the United Kingdom