Al Shaheen Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Maersk Oil
- Country: Qatar
- Location: Block 5, Offshore
- Production start: 1994
- Partners:
- Type: Oil: Al Shaheen Crude Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 300,000 barrels a day
Description
- A large offshore oil field. Associated gas is piped to Qatar Petroleum onshore gas complexes
- The FSO Africa and FSO Asia are used to store the crude oil
- Knock Nevis FSO was previously used prior to 2009
Contractors
- Euronav: Supply of FSO Africa & Asia
- Dubai DDW: FSO conversions
- Hyundai Heavy Industries:
- Aker Solutions:
- Installation of oil separation plant
- Offloading systems for the FSO's
- SLP Engineering: Package 12 (BF, CF, EF, GC Platforms and Bridges BC-BF, CC-CF, EC-EF)
- Larsen & Toubro:
- HB Flare Platform
- Two new offshore platform top-sides, a flare platform and interconnecting bridge
- Seaway Heavy Lifting:
- Installation HB Flare Platform
- Installation of Package 12 (BF, CF, EF, GC Platforms and Bridges BC-BF, CC-CF, EC-EF)
History
- 1992 - Maersk Oil signed an Exploration & Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with Qatar Petroleum to develop the field
- 1994 - Oil production from the field commenced initially from temporary offshore facilities
- 1998 - these were supplemented by permanent production facilities at three locations
- 2001 - New field development plan
- 2004 - The facilities were expanded with three additional platform locations
- 2005 - Qatar Petroleum and Maersk Oil Qatar Agree on Further Development
- 2006 - Al-Shaheen Oil Field Gas Recovery and Utilization Project launched
- 2010 - FSO Asia delivered
- 2010 - The field produces its 1 Billionth barrel of oil
- 2010 - Contract signed for FSO Africa
Geology
Links
- Aker Solutions Oil And Gas Processing References
- Aker FPSO Pusnes Offloading Systems
- Jotun Platform References
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Platform References
- International Protective Coatings Floating Platform Referenc
- Bluewater Calm Buoy Mooring References
- Maersk Oil, Qatar
- Qatar Petroleum and Maersk Oil Qatar Agree on Further Development
- L&T wins order for largest export project
- Maersk Oil production in Qatar reaches billionth barrel
- Delivery FSO Asia
- FSO Africa contract
- Al-Shaheen Oil Field Gas Recovery and Utilization Project
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