Balmoral oil field

The Balmoral oil field is located in Block 16/21 of the UK North Sea continental shelf. The field was discovered in August 1975; the oil reservoir comprises Upper Paleocene and Devonian sandstones at a depth of . The reservoir and its fluids have the following characteristics: == Owners and operators ==

The joint venture owners of the field in 1994 were Sun Oil Britain Ltd (62.0%), Deminex UK Oil and Gas Ltd (15.0%), Clyde Expro plc (15.0%), Pentex Oil Limited (8.0%). Sun Oil operated the Balmoral field. == Development ==

The Balmoral field was developed by a single custom built integrated production and accommodation semi-submersible vessel. The principal design data of the Balmoral FPV was as follows. Processing plant Oil from the wellheads was routed to two stages of 3-phase (oil, gas, water) separators where gas and water were removed. Gas from the separators was compressed and used as fuel gas and lift gas for a number of wells. Water injection facilities for up to 100,000 bpd were provided to maintain reservoir pressure through six injection wells. == Decommissioning ==

A Cessation of Production application was received from the Oil and Gas Authority on 23 April 2018. Production from Balmoral ceased on 28 November 2020. The FPV was flushed to remove hydrocarbon. It was removed from the field in May 2021 and was taken to Denmark for dismantling and recycling of materials. == References ==