Tartan oil field

Tartan oil field
Location of Tartan oil field
CountryUnited Kingdom
RegionNorth Sea
Location/blocks15/16a and 14/20a
Offshore/onshoreOffshore
Coordinates58°22′11″N 00°04′25″E / 58.36972°N 0.07361°E / 58.36972; 0.07361
OperatorsRepsol Resources UK
OwnerRepsol Resources UK
Field history
DiscoveryFebruary 1975
Start of productionJanuary 1981
Abandonment2020
Production
Estimated oil in place14.1 million tonnes
(~ 12.8×10^6 m3 or 80.5 million bbl)
Recoverable oil62 million barrels (~1.1×10^7 t)
Producing formationsUpper Jurassic sandstone

The Tartan oil field is a significant crude oil producing field in the UK sector of the North Sea, 187 km north-east of Aberdeen. Production of oil started in 1981 and ceased in 2020, the Tartan Alpha installation is currently (2021) undergoing decommissioning.