East Midlands Oil Province
Encyclopedia
The East Midlands Oil Province, also known as the East Midlands Petroleum Province, covers the petroliferous geological area across the north-eastern part of the East Midlands
of England that has a few small oil fields. The largest field in the province is the Welton oil field, the second largest onshore
oil field in the UK
.
, North Lincolnshire
, Nottinghamshire
and northern Leicestershire
.
The UK's first oil field was discovered in the East Midlands, at Hardstoft
in east Derbyshire
in 1919. Prior to this, from 1851, oil shale in the Midland Valley
in Scotland was used, until 1962. With North Sea oil
, Britain became self-sufficient with oil since the early 1980s, and indeed exported much of this oil. It became a net exporter of oil in 1981, with exports peaking in 1985 and production peaking in 1999. The UK became a net exporter of gas in 1997 and a net importer of gas in 2004, and is expected to become a net importer of oil in 2010. UK consumption of petroleum increases each year. Per capita consumption of oil annually is about 1.3 tonnes. The UK has the capacity to refine 92 million tonnes of crude oil a year.
Although onshore oil reserves are much less, it costs much less to find and develop onshore oil. Depleted onshore oilfields at Gainsborough and Welton will be used for gas storage, of which the UK has little allocated reserves. The UK has reserves of 12 days of gas, compared to 91 days in France and 77 days in Germany.
Hills in the 1920s. In June 1939, BP (then the D'Arcy
Exploration Company) discovered oil at Eakring
. News of this discovery was not announced until September 1944, by which time the fate of the Second World War was sealed. Oil was also drilled during the war at Caunton
and Kelham Hills.
near Sudbrooke
on railway, and opened on 21 May 1986 by Alick Buchanan-Smith
, the Energy minister. Production began at 600 barrels (95.4 m³) of oil per day, rising to 3,000. The Centre is the home of Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd on Barfield Lane. In the early 1990s, a 1,000 tonnes of oil was taken on a train to Immingham every other day. When building the centre, BP discovered a 15 feet (4.6 m) plesiosaurus which was displayed in Scunthorpe Natural History Museum.
in July 1987 for £21m. Candecca Resources Ltd was a subsidiary of BP. It was bought by Kelt UK Ltd in April 1992. Kelt UK Ltd was a subsidiary of Kelt Energy plc and Edinburgh Oil and Gas plc.
Most of the oilfield licences were owned by BP Exploration, when they were bought by Pentex Oil of Aberdeen in March 1989. Star Energy bought Pentex Oil in August 2005 for £38.5m.
s and fractured Dinantian limestones.
in 1958, Gainsborough in 1960, Glentworth in 1961, and Torksey in 1962. Oil was also found in Nocton
in the 1960s. Oil is found on early Namurian
shales where they meet Dinantian Carboniferous limestone
.
and near the (now exhausted) Glentworth Oilfield at Glentworth
. Discovered in March 1987 by BP, with production starting in February 1993. Formerly owned by Pentex Oil UK Ltd and now owned by Star Energy
. Taken by road tanker to Gainsborough.
. The original Scampton Oilfield ceased production in 1988.
. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, although originally ran by Candecca. Transported by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre, which is just south of the oil field at Reepham.
. Discovered by BP in July 1984, with production starting June 1987. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd. Originally ran by Candecca. Situated on the Lincoln-Market Rasen (Newark - Grimsby) railway line and taken by road to the Welton rail terminal at Reepham.
. It is owned 48% by Cirque Energy (UK) Ltd, 32% by Altaquest Energy Corp (UK) Ltd, 18% by Courage Energy UK Ltd and 2% by Mermaid Resources (UK) Ltd. Ran by Cirque Energy. Pipeline to the Welton Gathering Centre.
. Discovered in February 1981 by BP with production starting in November 1984. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd. Originally ran by Candecca and BP. Transported by rail. It is the second largest onshore oilfield in the UK after Wytch Farm
in Dorset
. The next largest is Stockbridge, Hampshire
, run by Star Energy. It is even bigger than Eakring, which kept the UK going in World War Two. It is very much larger than all the other onshore fields. It has a predicted total production of 16740000 bbl (2,661,447.3 m³).
on the River Lud at Keddington
. Discovered in January 1998 by Candecca, with production beginning in September 1998. Formerly owned 65% by ROC Oil (UK) Ltd and 35% by ROC Oil (CEL) Ltd. Bought in March 2007 by Egdon Resources for £250,000 with the two wells closed. Egdon restarted production in April 2007 and producing about 50 barrels (7.9 m³) a day. Up to Feb 2009, produced 192000 barrels (30,525.6 m³) of oil. Estimated to be 4000000 barrels (635,949.2 m³) of oil. Taken by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre.
and Tuxford
.
. The area around Gainsborough known as the Gainsborough Trough
at Beckingham
.
. Owned by Star Energy Oil & Gas Limited 75% and Star Energy Oil UK Limited 25%. Formerley owned by Pentex. Discovered in December 1985 by BP
with production starting March 1991. Taken by road tanker to Gainsborough.
in the far south of Nottinghamshire. Owned by Star Energy Oil & Gas Ltd 75% and Oil UK Ltd 25%. Discovered in December 1985 by Pentex, with production started June 1991. Formerly owned by Pentex. Road tanker to Gainsborough. Operated by Star.
.
' Humber Refinery
in South Killingholme
near Immingham
in North Lincolnshire
.
near North Hykeham
. Owned by Roc Oil (Bel) Ltd. Ran by Blackland Park Exploration Ltd, although originally ran by EMOG (East Midlands Oil & Gas - a UK division of Fortune Oil). The Whisby 4 field is run by Europa. Oil is transported by road tanker to Immingham.
(former oil division of British Gas plc
), with production starting in August 1991 at West Firsby north of Lincoln, just west of Spridlington
. Owned 53% by Tullow Oil
and 47% by Edinburgh Oil & Gas plc. Originally ran by Tullow Oil and Enterprise Oil, now ran by Europa since May 2003. Taken by road tanker to Immingham's ConocoPhillips Humber Refinery.
Sourced by early Namurian pro-deltaic
shales. Found on a Variscan
inversion anticline
on a boundary fault of the Dinatian-Namurian Gainsborough Trough.
), with production starting in October 1987. Just north-east of Scunthorpe
, near the junction of the A1077 and A1029, just north of the Corus
steel works. Just south of a Romano-British settlement. Originally run by Edinburgh Oil & Gas, then bought by Europa Oil & Gas on November 30 2006. Oil is transported by road tanker.
and Brigg
in North Lincolnshire.
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...
of England that has a few small oil fields. The largest field in the province is the Welton oil field, the second largest onshore
Onshore (hydrocarbons)
Onshore, when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under dry land or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field.-References:* *...
oil field in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Geography
It comprises LincolnshireLincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
and northern Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
.
UK oil production
Hardstoft
Hardstoft is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located four miles east of Clay Cross, on the B6039 road.The Mexican Eagle company found small quantities of oil near Hardstoft in 1919 under encouragement from the British government....
in east Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
in 1919. Prior to this, from 1851, oil shale in the Midland Valley
Central Lowlands
The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south...
in Scotland was used, until 1962. With North Sea oil
North Sea oil
North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid oil and natural gas, produced from oil reservoirs beneath the North Sea.In the oil industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the area known as "West of Shetland", "the Atlantic Frontier" or "the...
, Britain became self-sufficient with oil since the early 1980s, and indeed exported much of this oil. It became a net exporter of oil in 1981, with exports peaking in 1985 and production peaking in 1999. The UK became a net exporter of gas in 1997 and a net importer of gas in 2004, and is expected to become a net importer of oil in 2010. UK consumption of petroleum increases each year. Per capita consumption of oil annually is about 1.3 tonnes. The UK has the capacity to refine 92 million tonnes of crude oil a year.
Onshore oil
Until 1990, relatively little oil was produced by UK onshore oil industry. This rapidly increased to peak between 1991 and 1999, where around 5 million tonnes of oil was produced each year - 5.4 million tonnes, the most, was produced in 1996. Since 1999 it has gradually declined to around 1 million tonnes a year. Onshore UK natural gas peaked in 2001. Cumulatively, onshore oil production has produced around 2% (around 500000000 barrels (79,493,647.5 m³)) of offshore (North Sea) production. The Wytch Farm oil field, the largest onshore oilfield in Europe and run by BP, has reserves on its own of around 500000000 barrels (79,493,647.5 m³) of oil. Including Wytch Farm, proportionately the East Midlands Province provides 11% of UK onshore oil; excluding Wytch Farm, the East Midlands Province provides 65% of the UK's onshore oil. So far, the Province has provided around 6 million tonnes of oil. In total, the UK has around 15 million tonnes of onshore oil left.Although onshore oil reserves are much less, it costs much less to find and develop onshore oil. Depleted onshore oilfields at Gainsborough and Welton will be used for gas storage, of which the UK has little allocated reserves. The UK has reserves of 12 days of gas, compared to 91 days in France and 77 days in Germany.
Discoveries
Oil was discovered at KelhamKelham
Kelham is a small village in Nottinghamshire variously estimated as "3.36 miles," "3 miles," or "2.92 miles"to the northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent.-Historical:...
Hills in the 1920s. In June 1939, BP (then the D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia .-Early life:...
Exploration Company) discovered oil at Eakring
Eakring
Eakring is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire.-Geography:It is situated between the A617 and the A616 roads between Ollerton and Southwell. Dukes Wood to the south is situated on the top of an escarpment, giving good views over the Trent valley to the east and towards...
. News of this discovery was not announced until September 1944, by which time the fate of the Second World War was sealed. Oil was also drilled during the war at Caunton
Caunton
Caunton is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire on the A616, six miles north-west of Newark-on-Trent in the NG23 postcode....
and Kelham Hills.
Welton Gathering Centre
This is actually at ReephamReepham, Lincolnshire
Reepham is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles north east of Lincoln, and lies in the district of West Lindsey. Approximately 1250 people populate the village....
near Sudbrooke
Sudbrooke
Sudbrooke is a small village in Lincolnshire, located approximately six miles north-east of Lincoln in England.Sudbrooke lies just off the A158 Lincoln - Skegness road, and although the original heart of the village near the church has existed for centuries, the main development as a commuter...
on railway, and opened on 21 May 1986 by Alick Buchanan-Smith
Alick Buchanan-Smith
Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.The second son of Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno and Mary Kathleen Smith, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Glenalmond College, Pembroke College, Cambridge and University of Edinburgh...
, the Energy minister. Production began at 600 barrels (95.4 m³) of oil per day, rising to 3,000. The Centre is the home of Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd on Barfield Lane. In the early 1990s, a 1,000 tonnes of oil was taken on a train to Immingham every other day. When building the centre, BP discovered a 15 feet (4.6 m) plesiosaurus which was displayed in Scunthorpe Natural History Museum.
Oil companies
BP acquired Candecca Resources and Cambrian Exploration from Trafalgar HouseTrafalgar House (company)
Trafalgar House Public Limited Company was a British conglomerate with interests in property investment, property development, engineering, construction, shipping, hotels, energy and publishing...
in July 1987 for £21m. Candecca Resources Ltd was a subsidiary of BP. It was bought by Kelt UK Ltd in April 1992. Kelt UK Ltd was a subsidiary of Kelt Energy plc and Edinburgh Oil and Gas plc.
Most of the oilfield licences were owned by BP Exploration, when they were bought by Pentex Oil of Aberdeen in March 1989. Star Energy bought Pentex Oil in August 2005 for £38.5m.
Geology
The Province comprises a major series of Carboniferous rift basins. Oil is found in Silesian sandstoneSandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
s and fractured Dinantian limestones.
Welton oil fields
Most oil is transported by road tanker. It is the main part of the East Midlands Province oilfield where thirty three oil fields have been discovered, including areas outside of Lincolnshire. Oil had been discovered in CorringhamCorringham, Lincolnshire
Corringham is civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It comprises the two contiguous villages of Great Corringham and Little Corringham and has a total resident population of 430...
in 1958, Gainsborough in 1960, Glentworth in 1961, and Torksey in 1962. Oil was also found in Nocton
Nocton
Nocton is a village south of Lincoln in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen, and a small area known locally as Wasps Nest....
in the 1960s. Oil is found on early Namurian
Namurian
The Namurian is a stage in the regional stratigraphy of northwest Europe with an age between roughly 326 and 313 Ma . It is a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period and the regional Silesian series. The Namurian is named for the Belgian city and province of Namur where strata of this age...
shales where they meet Dinantian Carboniferous limestone
Carboniferous limestone
Carboniferous Limestone is a term used to describe a variety of different types of limestone occurring widely across Great Britain and Ireland which were deposited during the Dinantian epoch of the Carboniferous period. They were formed between 363 and 325 million years ago...
.
East Glentworth
Found near the A15 and B1398, just south-west of Caenby CornerCaenby Corner
Caenby Corner is a small settlement in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies at the junction of the A15 and A631, 10 miles north of Lincoln....
and near the (now exhausted) Glentworth Oilfield at Glentworth
Glentworth, Lincolnshire
Glentworth is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about north from Lincoln and south-west from Caenby Corner....
. Discovered in March 1987 by BP, with production starting in February 1993. Formerly owned by Pentex Oil UK Ltd and now owned by Star Energy
Star Energy
Star Energy is a British onshore oil exploration company. It is the second largest onshore oil company in the UK after BP.-History:It was formed in October essentially as a management-buyout of operations in the Weald Basin, acquired from Soco International...
. Taken by road tanker to Gainsborough.
Scampton North
Discovered in October 1985 by BP with production starting in February 1989. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd and originally ran by Candecca. Transported by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre at ReephamReepham, Lincolnshire
Reepham is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles north east of Lincoln, and lies in the district of West Lindsey. Approximately 1250 people populate the village....
. The original Scampton Oilfield ceased production in 1988.
Cold Hanworth
Discovered in September 1997 by Candecca, with production starting in September 1998 at Cold HanworthCold Hanworth
Cold Hanworth is a village in the civil parish of Hackthorn, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7 miles north-north-east of Lincoln, just north of the A46....
. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, although originally ran by Candecca. Transported by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre, which is just south of the oil field at Reepham.
Stainton
Just north-east of Welton at Stainton by LangworthStainton by Langworth
Stainton by Langworth is a hamlet and civil parish along the A158 between Lincoln and Wragby, in the district of West Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, England...
. Discovered by BP in July 1984, with production starting June 1987. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd. Originally ran by Candecca. Situated on the Lincoln-Market Rasen (Newark - Grimsby) railway line and taken by road to the Welton rail terminal at Reepham.
Fiskerton Airfield
Discovered in November 1997 by Cirque with production starting in August 1998 on the former RAF FiskertonRAF Fiskerton
RAF Fiskerton was located in the Lincolnshire village of Fiskerton, 5 miles east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It was one of many new bomber airfields built in the early part of World War II. The airfield was situated north of the village...
. It is owned 48% by Cirque Energy (UK) Ltd, 32% by Altaquest Energy Corp (UK) Ltd, 18% by Courage Energy UK Ltd and 2% by Mermaid Resources (UK) Ltd. Ran by Cirque Energy. Pipeline to the Welton Gathering Centre.
Welton
Largest of the fields, with about 2 million tonnes of initial oil reserves at WeltonWelton, Lincolnshire
Welton is a village and civil parish seven miles north of the city of Lincoln in the county of Lincolnshire, England, and the district of West Lindsey...
. Discovered in February 1981 by BP with production starting in November 1984. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd. Originally ran by Candecca and BP. Transported by rail. It is the second largest onshore oilfield in the UK after Wytch Farm
Wytch Farm
Wytch Farm is an oil field and processing facility in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. It is the largest onshore oil field in western Europe. The facility, operated by BP, is hidden in a coniferous forest on Wytch Heath on the southern shore of Poole Harbour, two miles north of Corfe Castle...
in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. The next largest is Stockbridge, Hampshire
Stockbridge, Hampshire
Stockbridge is a small town and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It has an acreage of and a population of little under 600 people according to the 2001 census in Hampshire, England. It lies on the River Test, in the Test Valley district and renowned for trout fishing. The A30 road goes through...
, run by Star Energy. It is even bigger than Eakring, which kept the UK going in World War Two. It is very much larger than all the other onshore fields. It has a predicted total production of 16740000 bbl (2,661,447.3 m³).
Nettleham
Discovered in March 1983 by BP with production starting in October 1985. Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, although originally ran by BP and Candecca. Oil transported by pipeline to the Welton Gathering Centre.Keddington
Next door and north-east of LouthLouth, Lincolnshire
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...
on the River Lud at Keddington
Keddington
Keddington is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east from LouthKeddington Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The church was restored in 1871-3...
. Discovered in January 1998 by Candecca, with production beginning in September 1998. Formerly owned 65% by ROC Oil (UK) Ltd and 35% by ROC Oil (CEL) Ltd. Bought in March 2007 by Egdon Resources for £250,000 with the two wells closed. Egdon restarted production in April 2007 and producing about 50 barrels (7.9 m³) a day. Up to Feb 2009, produced 192000 barrels (30,525.6 m³) of oil. Estimated to be 4000000 barrels (635,949.2 m³) of oil. Taken by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre.
Farley's Wood (Nottinghamshire)
Owned by Onshore Production Services Ltd (OPS) or OOSL. Discovered in March 1983, production started July 1985, road tanker to Welton. Originally owned by EMOG. Situated in between WalesbyWalesby, Nottinghamshire
Walesby is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 1,255. It is located north of Newark. The parish church of St Edmund is Perpendicular in style The village is famous for its forest, part of which forms a Scout camp...
and Tuxford
Tuxford
-Geography:Tuxford is a village and a civil parish on the southern edge of the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It may also be considered a small town as it was historically a market town. Nearby larger towns are Retford and Newark-on-Trent. From Harvest Cottage, near the ECML, the...
.
Gainsborough based fields
None of these fields are in Lincolnshire, but oil from the petroleum play is collected at GainsboroughGainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...
. The area around Gainsborough known as the Gainsborough Trough
Beckingham West (Nottinghamshire)
Discovered in July 1985 by BP with production starting in October 1987. Formerly owned by Pentex Oil UK Ltd. Oil transported by pipeline to Gainsborough. Now owned by Star Energy. Situated just off the A631A631 road
The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Maltby, Gainsborough and Market Rasen. It is mostly single...
at Beckingham
Beckingham, Nottinghamshire
Beckingham is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about three miles west of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,168....
.
Kirklington (Nottinghamshire)
Situated just south of Eakring towards Newark on the A617 at KirklingtonKirklington, Nottinghamshire
Kirklington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Administratively Kirklington forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district...
. Owned by Star Energy Oil & Gas Limited 75% and Star Energy Oil UK Limited 25%. Formerley owned by Pentex. Discovered in December 1985 by BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
with production starting March 1991. Taken by road tanker to Gainsborough.
Rempstone (Nottinghamshire)
Far south of Nottinghamshire at junction of A60 and A6006 at RempstoneRempstone
Rempstone is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire,although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough across the border in Leicestershire. It is situated at the crossing of the A60 and A6006 roads. It has no schools...
in the far south of Nottinghamshire. Owned by Star Energy Oil & Gas Ltd 75% and Oil UK Ltd 25%. Discovered in December 1985 by Pentex, with production started June 1991. Formerly owned by Pentex. Road tanker to Gainsborough. Operated by Star.
Long Clawson (Leicestershire)
Owned by Star Energy Oil & Gas Ltd 75% and Star Energy Oil UK Ltd 25%. Discovered in March 1986, with production started December 1990. Originally owned by Pentex. Road tanker to Gainsborough. Situated on Clawson Hill at Long ClawsonLong Clawson
Long Clawson is a small village in Leicestershire, England.There is some debate about the origin of the village's name; one theory is that there were once two villages named Clawson and Claxton, which grew together and became Long Clawson...
.
Other independent oil fields
These are not run by Star Energy and oil is usually tankered direct to ConocoPhillipsConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States...
' Humber Refinery
Humber Refinery
The Humber Refinery is a British oil refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. It is situated south of the railway line next to the A160; Total's Lindsey Oil Refinery is north of the railway line....
in South Killingholme
South Killingholme
South Killingholme is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is divided by the A160 dual carriageway. Considerably larger than its neighbour, North Killingholme, together they make up the area of Killingholme...
near Immingham
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...
in North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
.
Whisby
Discovered in January 1985 by BP with production starting in May 1990 at Whisby MoorWhisby Moor
Whisby Moor is a small moor located close to the A46 road, west of North Hykeham, in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:The city of Lincoln is located two miles to the north-east, just east of Whisby. The Nottingham-Lincoln Line goes through the moor...
near North Hykeham
North Hykeham
North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...
. Owned by Roc Oil (Bel) Ltd. Ran by Blackland Park Exploration Ltd, although originally ran by EMOG (East Midlands Oil & Gas - a UK division of Fortune Oil). The Whisby 4 field is run by Europa. Oil is transported by road tanker to Immingham.
West Firsby
Discovered in January 1988 by Enterprise OilEnterprise Oil
Enterprise Oil was a major British independent exploration and production company based in Europe, with core areas of activity in Britain and Ireland, mainland Europe, Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico...
(former oil division of British Gas plc
British Gas plc
British Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom.- History :In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms...
), with production starting in August 1991 at West Firsby north of Lincoln, just west of Spridlington
Spridlington
Spridlington is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is north of Lincoln just off the A15. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 194.The parish church of St. Hilary's dates from 1875...
. Owned 53% by Tullow Oil
Tullow Oil
Tullow Oil plc is a global oil and gas exploration company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has interests in over 85 licences across 23 countries and in 2010 produced 58,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day...
and 47% by Edinburgh Oil & Gas plc. Originally ran by Tullow Oil and Enterprise Oil, now ran by Europa since May 2003. Taken by road tanker to Immingham's ConocoPhillips Humber Refinery.
Sourced by early Namurian pro-deltaic
River delta
A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river...
shales. Found on a Variscan
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny is a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.-Naming:...
inversion anticline
Anticline
In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The term is not to be confused with antiform, which is a purely descriptive term for any fold that is convex up. Therefore if age relationships In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is...
on a boundary fault of the Dinatian-Namurian Gainsborough Trough.
Crosby Warren
It was discovered in May 1986 by RTZ (Rio Tinto GroupRio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
), with production starting in October 1987. Just north-east of Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...
, near the junction of the A1077 and A1029, just north of the Corus
Corus Group
Tata Steel Europe is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second-largest steel-maker in Europe and is a subsidiary of Tata Steel of India, one of the ten largest steel producers in the world.Corus Group was formed through the merger of Koninklijke...
steel works. Just south of a Romano-British settlement. Originally run by Edinburgh Oil & Gas, then bought by Europa Oil & Gas on November 30 2006. Oil is transported by road tanker.
Newton on Trent
Discovered in April 1998 by AltaQuest with production starting in September 1998. Owned by Courage Energy (UK) Ltd and ran by AltaQuest. Oil is taken by road tanker to the ConocoPhillips Humber refinery in Immingham. Production ended in July 2000. Run by Blackland, and previously owned by Floyd Energy. Situated just south of the village.Future oil fields
Possible production may take place at BroughtonBroughton, Lincolnshire
Broughton is a small town and civil parish situated on the Roman Ermine Street, in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire. England. The hamlet of Wressle is part of the parish....
and Brigg
Brigg
Brigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...
in North Lincolnshire.
External links
- BBC Lincolnshire
- Hydrocarbon prospectivity of Britain's onshore basins (PDF)
- Map of onshore fields in Britain, including the East Midlands Province (PDF)