Wytch Farm oil field

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Wytch Farm oil field is one of the largest onshore oil fields in Western Europe, located in southern England near Poole Harbour.

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Surface form Occurrences
Kimmeridge oil field 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil field
onshore oil field
approximatePeakProductionPeriod 1990s
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
discovered 1973
distanceFromShore offshore reservoir sections beneath Poole Bay
drillingTechnology extended-reach directional drilling
environmentalSensitivity located near environmentally protected areas
fieldType oil and associated gas field
formerOperator BP NERFINISHED
British Gas NERFINISHED
Premier Oil NERFINISHED
geologicalAge Triassic
hasEnvironmentalManagement strict planning and operating conditions
hasFacility central gathering station at Wytch Farm
hasInfrastructure gathering and processing facilities
hasPipelineConnectionTo Fawley Refinery NERFINISHED
hasProductionWells offshore extended-reach wells
onshore wells
hasProductTransport pipeline export GENERATED
licenceBlock UK onshore licence blocks in Wessex Basin
locatedIn Dorset
southern England NERFINISHED
locatedNear Bournemouth NERFINISHED
Poole NERFINISHED
Poole Harbour NERFINISHED
locatedOn Isle of Purbeck NERFINISHED
nearCity Poole NERFINISHED
nearProtectedArea Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NERFINISHED
Poole Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest NERFINISHED
nearTown Wareham NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the largest onshore oil fields in Western Europe
use of extended-reach drilling under Poole Bay
operator Perenco NERFINISHED
ownedBy Perenco NERFINISHED
partOf Wessex Basin NERFINISHED
produces LPG
crude oil
natural gas
productionType onshore production with extended-reach offshore wells
region southwest England
surface form: South West England
reservoirType Triassic sandstone reservoir
resourceType hydrocarbon field
startOfProduction 1979
strategicImportance significant contributor to UK onshore oil production

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Wessex Basin containsField Wytch Farm oil field
Wessex Basin containsField Wytch Farm oil field
this entity surface form: Kimmeridge oil field