Overview
Chevron owns equity in 4 fields which deliver into the Forties Pipeline System. This system transports and processes oil and gas from the Central North Sea, with a nominal capacity of over one million barrels per day. It carries around 30% of the UK's oil production. Liquids from over 30 fields flow onshore by pipeline to the stabilization, separation, and processing facilities at Kinneil, Grangemouth. Forties Blend stabilized crude oil is then shipped from Hound Point on the Firth of Forth.

Chevron's assets tied into this system are the Britannia, Erskine and Elgin-Franklin gas condensate fields. A 32.4% share is owned in Britannia, 50% in Erskine and 3.9% of Elgin-Franklin. The Caledonia field is tied back into Britannia and liquids from Caledonia are delivered into the Forties System along with Britannia condensate.

In total Chevron's share of Forties blend currently stands at about 25 thousand barrels per day of oil, approximating to 15 cargoes a year of 600 thousand barrels each.

Whole Crude Properties *

Property	Measured	Blended Back
Gravity, API°	43.4	43.4
Gravity SG	0.8090	0.8098
Sulfur, wt%	0.21	0.21
Total Nitrogen, ppm		520
Hydrogen, wt%
Acid Number, mg KOH/g	0.10
Pour Point, °F / °C	5 / -15	5 / -15
Charact. Factor (K-FACTOR)		12.1
Viscosity, cSt at 40°C (104°F)	2.12
Viscosity, cSt at 50°C (122°F)	1.81	1.81
Vanadium, ppm		1.6
Nickel, ppm		0.80
MCR, wt%		1.0
Ramsbottom Carbon, wt%		0.92
Asphaltenes, (H.C7) wt%		0.16

* Disclaimer
While we believe that this assay is representative of the expected commercial crude, it does not guarantee production quality, and users are solely responsible for their use of the assay. No warranties are given regarding the assay accuracy or any results from its use. Chevron does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the foregoing opinion, information or data in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, results, use, quality, reliability, or otherwise.

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