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Foinaven field

Foinaven is a UK oil field in the WoS area of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It first produced in Nov 1997 and peaked at 122 kboe/d in Jan 2002. To Apr 2021 it had produced 448 million barrels of oil equivalent.

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AreaWoS
Field typeOil
Operator (latest)BP Exploration
Discovered1992
First productionNov 1997
Peak122 kboe/d in Jan 2002
Produced to date448 million boe (393 million bbl liquids, 319 bcf gas)
Statusno production reported since Apr 2021
Ranknumber 25 of the UK fields on this site by output to date

Production by year

YearAverage kboe/dMillion boe
19975.01.9
19988230.1
19999835.6
200010237.5
20019434.3
200211341.1
20038731.6
20047728.1
20056623.9
20066423.4
20076322.9
20084516.6
20095018.1
20103814.0
20114516.3
2012248.9
20133010.8
2014207.1
2015269.5
20163111.5
2017196.9
2018238.2
2019124.4
2020134.7
20213.11.1

Source: NSTA PPRS field production (oil + condensate + gas at 5.8 Mscf/boe). The latest year is partial and the latest month provisional.