Loyal Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

Loyal is a part of the Schiehallion complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Loyal	Operating	BP Exploration Operating Company	BP (50.0%); Shell (50.0%)	1994	1996	1998

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Loyal Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
crude oil and condensate	remaining recoverable reserves	38.98	million bbl	2023
gas	remaining recoverable reserves	238.71	million m³	2023

Table 3: Production from Loyal 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	40.59	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	2.65	million bbl/y	2019

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Loyal Oil and Gas Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, United Kingdom	60.4091, -4.0656 (exact)

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

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Additional data

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