Forties Blend Crude Oil
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Summary Information
- API: 40.3ยบ
- Sulphur Level: 0.56%
- Country: United Kingdom
- Location: North Sea
- Source Fields:
Brief Description
- A light sweet crude oil blend which include the heavier Buzzard Crude Oil
- Forties Blend Crude Oil is made up of oil from 70 fields spread over a large area of the North Sea, the biggest of which is the Buzzard oil field.
- Forties contributes about half of the total UK North Sea production, totaling about 500,000 bbl/d in 2011.
- These various fields contribute condensate, medium-gravity oil, and moderately sour crude.
Distillation Yields
| Product | %wt |
| C1 to C4 | 2.86 |
| Naphtha | 23.75 |
| Kerosene | 15.26 |
| Gas Oil | 19.99 |
| Atmospheric Residue | 38.14 |
Other Specifications
- Acidity, 0.09 mg KOH/g
- Nickel, 2 mg/Kg
- Vanadium, 6 mg/Kg
Other Information
- The crude is supplied by the Forties Pipeline System to BP's terminal at Hound Point. It comes from the Forties Oil Field and other fields in the region
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