Babbage Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: E.ON
- Country: UK
- Location: Block 48/2a, Southern North Sea
- Production start: 2010
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field was developed in 2 phases
- Phase one included the installation of the Babbage platform, the drilling of three production wells and the laying of a 28km pipeline to connect the field to existing UK gas infrastructure
- The platform is normally unmanned
- Phase two involved the drilling of 2 more wells
- Gas is transported to the Easington Gas Processing Terminal
Contractors
- Penspen: Babbage Field Development Detailed Design
- SLP: Construction of the Wellhead Production Platform - full EPC contracted project including topside, jacket and piles, offshore hook-up and commissioning
- Technip:
- project management, design, fabrication and installation of a 28 kilometer gas export rigid pipeline, a 40 ton manifold and three flexible tie-in jumpers
- installation of pipeline protection materials,
- trenching and backfilling of the gas export pipeline,
- pre-commissioning, tie-ins and testing
- Nessco: Communication systems
- KWsubsea: 12" Gas Pipeline (28km)
- Global Maritime: Warranty surveyor for installation of flowline
History
- 2008 - Technip awarded subsea contract
- 2009 - Project development approved by UK Goverment
- 2010 - First gas produced
- 2016 - Premier Oil acquired EON's share
Geology
Links
- SLP Babbgage
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- Penspen Offshore And Platform References
- Nessco Platform References
- Global Maritime Pipeline References
- KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
- Technip awarded contract for the Babbage development in United Kingom North Sea
- First Production From Babbage Gas Field
- Acquisition of UK North Sea Assets from E.ON
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