Blackbird Oil And Gas Field

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Summary Information

• Operator: Nexen
• Country: UK
• Location: Central North Sea
• Production start: 2011
• Partners: Atlantic Petroleum
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The development consists of one production well and one water injection well.
• Production from the Blackbird field is processed through the floating production, storage and offloading vessel Aoka Mizu FPSO at the Ettrick Oil And Gas Field.
• Gas produced from the field is exported to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline.

Contractors

• First Subsea: Front-end engineering and design (FEED)
• KWsubsea: 7" and 3" flexible pipelines (6km)

History

• 2008 - Blackbird Oil And Gas Field discovered
• 2010 - Blackbird appraisal well was spudded
• 2010 - Partners approve the development
• 2011 - Project development approved by DECC
• 2011 - First production

Geology

Links

1. KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
2. Discovery made on Blackbird, by 20/2a-8 exploration well, in UK Licence P.317
3. Successful appraisal of Blackbird discovery on UK Licence P317, Block 20/2a
4. P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces Company's approval for the Blackbird field development
5. Innovative First Subsea connector for Nexen Petroleum UK Blackbird field umbilical tieback
6. First Oil from the Blackbird Field

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