BP Harding 9/23bThe Harding field itself is located 200 miles north-east of Aberdeen in the BP-operated block 9/23b, in 110m of water. Discovered in February 1987 in acreage licensed to Britoil in the ninth licensing round, the oil lies in Eocene deposits at a depth of approximately 1,850m beneath the seabed.
The gravity base tank that is beneath the surface was built at Hunterston
More information on the Harding Platform at
www.hunterston.eu/gravitybasetank.
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