The Eider Oilfield is situated 184 kilometres (114.3 mi) north east of Lerwick

Lerwick

Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...

, Shetland Islands

Shetland Islands

Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in block numbers 211/16a and 211/21a. It is operated by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, PJSC is a government controlled energy holding company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates....

. It was discovered in May 1976 in a water depth of 157.5 metres (516.7 ft). Estimated recovery is 85 Moilbbl of oil.

The production is via the Cormorant Alpha platform to the Brent System

Brent System

The Brent System pipeline transports oil from the North Sea oilfields via Cormorant Alpha to the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland, Scotland. Oil is transported from 20 oilfields, including:* Thistle* Murchison* Hutton* North West Hutton* Dunlin...

pipeline.