ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2013
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As shown in Figure 17 below, of the 546 oil wells capable of unassisted flow, only 21 have a flow rate class in
excess of 5,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The vast majority of wells (379) are capable of flow rates between
101 and 1,000 bopd.
Figure 17: Flow Rate Classes of Oil Wells in Barrels of Oil Per Day
6
1%
54
10%
379
69%
47
9%
6
1%
21
4%
19
3%
14
3%
0 to 1 bopd
1 to 100 bopd
101 to 1,000 bopd
1,001 to 3,000 bopd
3,001 to 5,000 bopd
Greater than 5,000 bopd
Under Review
Plugged and Abandoned
Source: Oil & Gas UK
