Elgin / Franklin Facts & Figures

Elgin Field

Block Number

22/30b, 22/30c, 29/5b; UK Sector

License Number

P.188, P.666, P.362

Location

240km east of Aberdeen

Licensees

29/5b
Elf Exploration UK Limited (operator)
E.F. Oil and Gas Limited*	46.173%
Eni Elgin/Franklin Limited	21.867%
BG International (CNS) Limited	14.110%
Ruhrgas UK Exploration & Production Limited	5.200%
Esso Exploration and Production U.K. Limited	4.375%
Texaco Britain Limited	3.900%
Dyas UK Limited	2.1875%
Oranje-Nassau (U.K.) Limited	2.1875%

*E.F. Oil and Gas Limited, a company in which the shares are held 77.5% by Elf Exploration UK Limited and 22.5% by Gaz de France.

Field Discovered

1991

Production Start

March 2001

Water Depth

93 m

Platform Type	Pile founded, jack-up (interconnecting bridge to Elgin wellhead)
Accommodation	97 beds
Lifeboats	4x42-man capacity, free-fall
Liferafts	4x25-man capacity

Platform Type	Steel jacket, 4 legs (interconnecting bridge to the Elgin PUQ)
Drilling	12 platform slots
Lifeboats	1x42-man capacity, free-fall
Liferafts	1x16-man capacity; 1x10-man capacity

Block Number

29/5b; UK sector