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Blane is Roc’s second project in the region to be brought online in the past three months, following the Enoch oil and gas field in June.
Roc, which owns a 12.5% stake in Blane, will be entitled to about 2125bopd of the full field production rate.
“Blane further diversifies Roc’s production base which now comprises oil production, from six fields in four countries,” Roc’s managing director John Doran said.
“Coming along behind Blane during the next year or two are field developments offshore China and appraisal projects relating to recent discoveries offshore Western Australia and onshore Angola.”
Blane is tied back to the BP-operated Ula Oil Field, 34km in Norway, from where the oil will be transported via a sub-sea pipeline to the Teeside Oil Terminal in the United Kingdom.
UK-based Talisman Energy is operator of Blane, which is in UK Block 30-3a and Norwegian Block 1-2, about 260km east of Aberdeen.
Because the field straddles the UK and Norwegian international boundary it has been unitised: 82% (UK) and 18% (Norway).
As previously reported the field’s gross proved and probable (2P) reserves are estimated to be 30.4 million barrels of oil equivalent, of which 97% is oil.
