Magnus oil field
E1037483
Magnus oil field is a major offshore oil field in the North Sea, located northeast of Shetland and known as one of the UK’s most northerly producing fields.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cormorant oil field | 1 |
| Dunlin oil field | 1 |
| Magnus oil field canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13287352 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnus oil field Context triple: [Sullom Voe, connectedByPipelineTo, Magnus oil field]
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A.
Ekofisk oil field
Ekofisk oil field is a major North Sea offshore oil and gas field, among the earliest developed in the region and significant in establishing Norway’s petroleum industry.
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B.
Vankor oil field
Vankor oil field is a major Russian oil and gas field in Eastern Siberia that serves as one of Rosneft’s largest and most strategically important production assets.
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C.
Mangala oil field
Mangala oil field is a major onshore oil field in Rajasthan, India, known as one of the country’s largest hydrocarbon discoveries.
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D.
Ninian oil field
The Ninian oil field is a major offshore oil field in the North Sea, notable for its large production platforms and role in the United Kingdom’s petroleum industry.
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E.
Mereenie oil and gas field
The Mereenie oil and gas field is a significant onshore hydrocarbon field in Australia’s Northern Territory, producing both crude oil and natural gas from the Mereenie Sandstone formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnus oil field Target entity description: Magnus oil field is a major offshore oil field in the North Sea, located northeast of Shetland and known as one of the UK’s most northerly producing fields.
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A.
Ekofisk oil field
Ekofisk oil field is a major North Sea offshore oil and gas field, among the earliest developed in the region and significant in establishing Norway’s petroleum industry.
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B.
Vankor oil field
Vankor oil field is a major Russian oil and gas field in Eastern Siberia that serves as one of Rosneft’s largest and most strategically important production assets.
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C.
Mangala oil field
Mangala oil field is a major onshore oil field in Rajasthan, India, known as one of the country’s largest hydrocarbon discoveries.
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D.
Ninian oil field
The Ninian oil field is a major offshore oil field in the North Sea, notable for its large production platforms and role in the United Kingdom’s petroleum industry.
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E.
Mereenie oil and gas field
The Mereenie oil and gas field is a significant onshore hydrocarbon field in Australia’s Northern Territory, producing both crude oil and natural gas from the Mereenie Sandstone formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
offshore oil field
ⓘ
oil and gas field ⓘ |
| basin | East Shetland Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| block | 211/12a ⓘ |
| containsFacility |
Magnus production platform
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
accommodation facilities ⓘ drilling facilities ⓘ processing facilities ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developmentConcept | fixed steel platform with subsea wells ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| distanceFromScottishMainland | about 190 km northeast of Scottish mainland ⓘ |
| distanceFromShetland | about 160 km northeast of Shetland GENERATED ⓘ |
| exportRoute |
gas export via pipeline system to UK gas network
ⓘ
oil export pipeline to Sullom Voe terminal ⓘ |
| formerOperator |
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EnQuest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubseaWells | yes ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonPhase | primarily oil ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | UK sector of the North Sea ⓘ |
| knownFor | being one of the UK’s most northerly producing oil fields ⓘ |
| latitudeApprox | 61° N ⓘ |
| licensee |
BP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EnQuest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Sea
ⓘ
UK Continental Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ north of Scottish mainland ⓘ northeast of Shetland ⓘ |
| longitudeApprox | 1° E ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Magnus (given name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offshoreDistanceCategory | far offshore ⓘ |
| operator |
BP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EnQuest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | UK North Sea oil and gas province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformName | Magnus platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType | steel jacket platform ⓘ |
| productionType |
associated gas
ⓘ
natural gas liquids ⓘ oil ⓘ |
| region | Northern North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceType | hydrocarbons ⓘ |
| startOfDevelopmentDrilling | late 1970s ⓘ |
| startOfProduction | 1983 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major UK offshore oil field ⓘ |
| waterDepth | about 186 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Magnus oil field Description of subject: Magnus oil field is a major offshore oil field in the North Sea, located northeast of Shetland and known as one of the UK’s most northerly producing fields.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cormorant oil field
this entity surface form:
Dunlin oil field