Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in United Kingdom.

Along with Clair Phase 1 Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom) and Clair South Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Clair complex.

Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Clair Phase 2.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Clair Ridge	Operating	BP Exploration Operating Company	BP (45.1%); Harbour Energy (7.5%); Chevron (19.4%); Shell UK Limited (28.0%)	1977	2011	2018	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	640	million bbl	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	153.34	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	10.54	million bbl/y	2019
production	oil	21.9	million bbl/y	2021

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Clair Ridge Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
206/8a	Offshore, United Kingdom	Offshore	60.6757, -2.5593 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Clair complex:

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