[1] The reservoir is a Lower Carboniferous Sandstone formation and has reserves of 600 billion cubic feet.
[1] RWE Dea was the original 70% owner and operator but this interest was transferred to INEOS in 2015.
In the first stage gas is produced by wells on the offshore platform Breagh Alpha and then via pipeline to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant at Seal Sands.
[2] Later stages will entail development of the eastern part of the field produced back to a new Breagh Bravo platform.
[1][2][3][4] The export pipeline from Breagh runs 100 km to shore at Coatham Sands.