Beatrice Oil Field | |
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Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Region | North Sea off Scotland |
Location | Moray Firth, North Sea |
Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
Coordinates | 58°7′48″N 3°4′12″W / 58.13000°N 3.07000°W |
Operator | Talisman Energy |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1976 |
Start of development | 1977 |
Start of production | 1980 |
Abandonment | 2017 |
Production | |
Estimated oil in place | 480 million barrels (~6.5×10 7 t) |
Recoverable oil | 140 million barrels (~1.9×10 7 t) |
Producing formations | Hettangian sandstone, siltstone, and claystone |
The Beatrice Oil Field is a small oilfield consisting of 3 platforms located 24 km off the north east coast of Scotland. It began operations in 1980 with the field finally being decommissioned in 2017.
Work is ongoing to begin removing all structures.
The 84 turbine Beatrice Offshore Windfarm now sits in the same area and was completed in 2019.[1]