wytch farm oil drilling well bp kimmeridge dorset england uk gb
On the cliff towards the west is the BP "nodding donkey" oil pump which has been pumping continually since the late 1950s, making it the oldest working oil pump in the world. The well currently yields around 65 barrels per day from the Middle Jurassic strata that lie around 350 metres below the well has been operating for this long because it has tapped into a network of connected reserves; however the yield is decreasing year on year. The oil is transported by tanker to the BP site at Wytch Farm from whence it is piped to the main refinery on Southampton Water.
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