Asset Report
Cormorant Area
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
The Cormorant Area comprises six oil fields in the Northern North Sea: Cormorant North, South Cormorant, Cormorant East, Pelican, Eider and Otter. The area produced nearly one billion barrels of oil between 1979 and cessation of production (CoP) in 2024. All crude was exported via the Brent pipeline system to the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland. South Cormorant lies 160 kilometres northeast of Lerwick, Shetland. A concrete platform, Cormorant Alpha, acts as a collecting point for the Brent ...
Table of contents
- Key facts
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Summary and key issues
- Summary
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Key issues
- Cormorant Area ceased production in 2024
- Decommissioning plans proceeding
- Operator expected to seek OSPAR exemption for Cormorant Alpha
- Location maps
- Participation
- Geology
- Well data
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Exploration
- 2000 - present
- 1990s
- 1980s
- 1970s
- Reserves and resources
- Production
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Development
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Cormorant South
- Cormorant North
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
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Cormorant South
- Infrastructure
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Cormorant North
- South Cormorant
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
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Decommissioning costs
- Cormorant Area
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Operating costs
- Cormorant
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
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Capital costs
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Index map
- Cormorant Area map
- Participation: Table 1
- Geology: Table 1
- Well data: Table 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Production: Table 1
- Cormorant Area production profile
- Infrastructure: Table 1
- Cash flow (US$ million)
- Economic analysis: Table 2
- 23 more item(s)...
What's included
This report contains:
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