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
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