East Shetland Basin, Block 211/29, Brent Field, Offshore UK
61.034833, 1.7055 · 171 feet
Location
Nearby Locations
| Km | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brent Bravo platform |
2.5 | 006° | |
| Brent SPAR |
FX | 2.9 | 316° |
 Statfjord Bravo platform |
LF6M | 22.3 | 019° |
| North West Hutton platform |
23.0 | 290° | |
| Ninian Central platform |
NC | 23.6 | 213° |
| Statfjord Alpha platform |
ENSF | 25.7 | 018° |
The Brent Field is located in UKCS Block 211/29 in the northern North Sea c 73.5nm NE of the Shetland Islands. It is one of the earliest North Sea fields; discovered in 1971 and tested in 1972 in the Middle Jurassic Brent Group sandstone hydrocarbon reservoirs. It opened around 1976; indeed the North Sea Hydrocarbon economy is tracked on World Markets by the price of Brent Crude. There are at least 4 platforms working the field, although by 2019 plans for decommissioning were advanced.
Brent Alpha was installed in 1976 and is a fixed steel jacket, secured to the seabed by piles at the base of each of its eight legs, in 142 m of the northern North Sea. It ceased production in Nov 2014.
Brent Alpha was installed in 1976 and is a fixed steel jacket, secured to the seabed by piles at the base of each of its eight legs, in 142 m of the northern North Sea. It ceased production in Nov 2014.