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
- 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
- 2000 - present
- 1990s
- 1980s
- 1970s
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Cormorant South
- Underwater manifold centre (UMC)
- Secondary recovery
- Cormorant North
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
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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
- Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
- Cormorant
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
- Cash flow
- Global Economic Model (GEM) file
- Cash Flow
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Cash flow (US$ million)
- Cormorant North
- South Cormorant
- Cormorant East
- Eider
- Otter
- Pelican
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Index mapCormorant Area mapParticipation
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Field characteristicsCormorantReserves (2P) at 01/01/2026Production (2015-2024)Cormorant Area production profilePlatform summaryPlatform summaryPipeline summaryCapital Costs Pre-2016 to 2024 (US$ million)
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What's included
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