East Midlands Oil Province
The UK has the capacity to refine 92 million tonnes of crude oil a year.
[6] Wytch Farm was discovered in 1973 by the Gas Council, on the Isle of Purbeck directly south of Poole, at 3,000 to 4,000 ft depth,[7] with production from May 1979.
In 1980, UK onshore oilfields produced 240,000 tonnes of oil, mostly from Wytch Farm.
The East Midlands Province provides 11% of UK onshore oil, 65% of the total excluding Wytch farm.
Depleted onshore oilfields at Gainsborough and Welton will be used for gas storage, of which the UK has little allocated reserves.
In June 1939, BP (then the D'Arcy Exploration Company) discovered oil at Eakring; although this was not announced until September 1944.
It was a discovery of oil between Scothern and Sudbrooke in September 1980 that led to the Welton field being discovered.
This is actually at Reepham near Sudbrooke on railway, and opened on 21 May 1986 by Alick Buchanan-Smith, the Energy minister.
The Centre is the home of Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd on Barfield Lane.
When building the centre, BP discovered a 15-foot (4.6 m) plesiosaurus which was displayed in Scunthorpe Natural History Museum.
[17] Candecca bought Cambrian Exploration in January 1980,[18] which gave it joint ownership of the Humbly Grove field in Hampshire.
Most of the oilfield licences were owned by BP Exploration, when they were bought by Pentex Oil of Aberdeen in March 1989.
It is the main part of the East Midlands Province oilfield, where thirty three oil fields have been discovered, including areas outside of Lincolnshire.
Oil had been discovered by BP at Corringham in May 1958, at 4,400 ft, with a small blowout covering a nearby field.
British Gas found oil in January 1990 at 5,000ft, producing around 120 barrels per day.
Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd and originally run by Candecca.
Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, although originally run by Candecca.
Transported by road tanker to the Welton Gathering Centre, which is just south of the oil field at Reepham.
Situated on the Lincoln-Market Rasen (Newark - Grimsby) railway line and taken by road to the Welton rail terminal at Reepham.
Discovered in November 1997 by Cirque with production starting in August 1998 on the former RAF Fiskerton.
Largest of the fields, with about 2 million tonnes of initial oil reserves at Welton.
The primary school was 200 metres from the site, with children being sprayed with oil in the lunchtime.
Owned by Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, although originally run by BP and Candecca.
Discovered in March 1983, production started July 1985, road tanker to Welton.
This method is similar to, but with lower volumes than hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of shale gas.
These are not run by Star Energy and oil is usually tankered direct to ConocoPhillips' Humber Refinery in South Killingholme near Immingham in North Lincolnshire.
Discovered in January 1985 by BP with production starting in May 1990 at Whisby Moor near North Hykeham.
Discovered in January 1988 by Enterprise Oil (former oil division of British Gas plc) being found at 6,000 ft,[33] with production starting in August 1991 at West Firsby north of Lincoln, just west of Spridlington.
Found on a Variscan inversion anticline on a boundary fault of the Dinatian-Namurian Gainsborough Trough.
It was discovered in May 1986 by RTZ (Rio Tinto Group), with production starting in October 1987.
