Penguin West Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

Along with Penguin East Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), Penguins Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), and Penguins Redevelopment Oil and Gas Phase (United Kingdom), Penguin West is a part of the Penguins complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Penguin West	Operating	Shell plc	–	1975	–	2003

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Penguin West 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	28.89	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	0.45	million bbl/y	2019

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Penguin West Oil and Gas Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, United Kingdom	61.625, 1.485 (exact)

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

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