United Kingdom

Our portfolio of licences in the UK comprises a mixture of producing assets, development, pre-development assets and exploration licences.

Our UK offshore operated positions include Greater Britannia, J-Area, the AELE Hub, Solan, Catcher, the East Irish Sea and Tolmount Area in the southern North Sea. We also have material non-operated stakes in numerous long-life assets including Clair, Buzzard, Beryl, Elgin/Franklin and Schiehallion.

Onshore, we own the Rivers terminal at Barrow-in-Furness and have interests in the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland.

Our UK pipeline system interests include the Central Area Transmission System (CATS), European Transmission System (ETS), the Shearwater Elgin Area Line (SEAL), the Graben Area Export Line (GAEL), the West of Shetland Pipeline System (WoSPS) and the Brent Pipeline System.

We continue to invest in the long-term future of the North Sea’s oil and gas resources, bringing new investment and commitment to using our assets to support the transition to a Net Zero economy.

Our UK offshore operated positions include Greater Britannia, J-Area, the AELE Hub, Solan, Catcher, the East Irish Sea and Tolmount Area in the southern North Sea. We also have material non-operated stakes in numerous long-life assets including Clair, Buzzard, Beryl, Elgin/Franklin and Schiehallion.

Onshore, we own the Rivers terminal at Barrow-in-Furness and have interests in the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland.

Our UK pipeline system interests include the Central Area Transmission System (CATS), European Transmission System (ETS), the Shearwater Elgin Area Line (SEAL), the Graben Area Export Line (GAEL), the West of Shetland Pipeline System (WoSPS) and the Brent Pipeline System.

We continue to invest in the long-term future of the North Sea’s oil and gas resources, bringing new investment and commitment to using our assets to support the transition to a Net Zero economy.

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90%

of our production

93%

of our reserves

c. 50%

oil & gas mix

Our key hubs in the United Kingdom

AELE Hub

The AELE Hub comprises Armada, Everest, Lomond and Erskine. Armada sits in Block 22/5b of the UK North Sea, around 244 kilometres east of Aberdeen.

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Greater Britannia Area

Britannia sits in Block 16/26 of the UK central North Sea. It consists of a drilling, production and accommodation platform, a long-term compression module and a production and utilities platform.

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Catcher Area

Catcher lies in Block 28/9a of the UK central North Sea, around 174 kilometres from Aberdeen in water depths of around 90 metres.

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J-Area

Judy and Joanne are in Block 30/7a of the UK central North Sea, around 240 kilometres south east of Aberdeen. They sit in Quadrant 30 of the J-Area with overlapping reservoirs.

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Southern North Sea

The Tolmount gas field is situated in Block 42/28d of the UK southern North Sea. First gas from Tolmount is scheduled for 2021.

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West of Shetland

Solan lies in Block 205/26a of the UK continental shelf. It comprises two producing wells and two injector wells tied back to a normally unmanned conventional steel platform.

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East Irish Sea

Our east Irish Sea assets consist of the sweet gas Millom and Dalton fields and the sour gas Rivers fields of Calder, Darwen, Crossens and Asland.

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Non-operated

We have material non-operated interests in numerous long-life assets in the UK including Clair, Beryl, Elgin/Franklin and Schiehallion.

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Decommissioning

Our operated asset decommissioning activities in the UK are currently focused on the southern and central North Sea areas.

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Our other activities in the United Kingdom

Pipelines & terminals

We have a number of non-operated interests in pipeline and terminal assets in the UK.

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Carbon capture and storage

We support an innovative and environmentally-responsible culture with a focus on a low-carbon future.

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Innovation

Our team work together every day to come up with improved and more effective ways to find and produce hydrocarbons in a safe and environmentally-responsible manner.

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