West Franklin Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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West Franklin Gas Field is an operating gas field in United Kingdom.

Along with Elgin Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom) and Franklin Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom), West Franklin Gas Field is a part of the Elgin-Franklin Oil and Gas Complex (United Kingdom).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for West Franklin Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
West Franklin	Operating	TotalEnergies	TotalEnergies (25.7%); Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (21.7%); Harbour Energy (19.3%); EF Oil & Gas Ltd (10.4%); other (22.9%)	2003	–	2007	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from West Franklin Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	2072.15	million m³/y	2019

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for West Franklin Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, United Kingdom	Offshore	56.9468, 1.8543 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Elgin-Franklin complex:

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Additional Data

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