Forties Oil Field
The Forties Oil Field is the second largest oil field in the North Sea, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Oilfield
- Description: largest North Sea oil field
- Also known as: “Forties”
Forties Oil Field
- Categories: oil field and landform
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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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