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UK’s production efficiency rises for 5th consecutive year

Production efficiency on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has improved for a 5th consecutive year.

UK’s production efficiency rises for 5th consecutive year


London, July 17 - Neftegaz.RU. Production efficiency (PE) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has improved for a 5th consecutive year, rising to 74%.

The 1% improvement from 2016 helped contribute an additional 12 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2017; an additional 32,000 boe per day.

Losses to production in 2017 were down to 200 million boe, from 210 million boe the previous year. 3 out of 5 regions in the UKCS have seen improvements to production efficiency in 2017, compared to the previous year. In particular, the Southern North Sea (SNS) saw a 7% increase since last year recovering from a drop in 2016.

Furthermore, OGA said that well losses across the UKCS fell by 11% in 2017 after a significant rise in 2016 and plant losses fell by 5% in 2017, helping to drive improved overall efficiency.

Data were collected as part of the OGA’s 2017 UKCS Stewardship Survey, which allowed for a more in-depth analysis in key areas, for example in looking at the major causes of lost production.

Matt Nicol, Production Efficiency Task Force (PETF) Chairman said: This is positive news that UK production efficiency has risen for a 5th consecutive year to 74% in 2017, despite a challenging end to the year with the unplanned FPS outage. Industry’s and individuals’ hard work and focus on best practice and new technology is sustaining these efficiency improvements, and I see many companies and people working together to deliver tangible progress.


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