Forties Oil Field

The Forties Oil Field is the second largest in the , after the Clair oilfield, which is located 110 miles east of Aberdeen. It was discovered in 1970 and first produced oil in 1975 under ownership of British Petroleum, now called BP.
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  • Type: Oilfield
  • Description: largest North Sea oil field
  • Also known as: Forties

Forties Oil Field

Latitude
57.71667° or 57° 43′ north
Longitude
1.01667° or 1° 1′ east
Open location code
9F93P288+MM
Geo­Names ID
3213542
Wiki­data ID
Q1810530
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Forties Oil Field” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Forties Oil Field
  • Danish: Forties-oliefelt
  • Dutch: Forties-veld
  • Dutch: Forties
  • French: Forties
  • Japanese: フォーティーズ油田
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fortiesfeltet
  • Norwegian: Fortiesfeltet
  • Persian: میدان نفتی فورتیز
  • Swedish: Forties Oil Field
  • Ukrainian: Forties
  • Ukrainian: Фортіс

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