Breagh A Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: RWE
- Country: UK
- Location: southern North Sea
- Production start: 2013
- Partners: RWE Dea - 70%, Sterling Resources - 30%
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Breagh A field is located in UKCS block 42/13 of the southern North Sea in 62 metres water depth, approximately 100 kilometres to the east of Teesside.
- Production is controlled from a small unmanned platform
- Gas is exported via a 20" pipeline from the platform to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP) on the UK mainland
- Phase 2, expected to receive FDP approval in early 2012, is expected to include additional wells in the east of the field drilled from a Breagh Bravo platform tied back to Alpha
Contractors
- Heerema: Construction of the jacket, topsides and piles
- Allseas Construction: Engineering, installation and pre-commissioning of the offshore pipeline and associated fibre optic cable
- FoundOcean: Grouting
- KWSubsea: FEED of a 5km long 20" wet gas and 3" MEG/CI circulation pipeline between the existing Breagh A and the proposed Breagh B platforms
History
- 2009 - RWE acquired a 70% stake in the field
- 2010 - Heerema awarded contract for construction of the jacket, topsides and piles
- 2011 - Government approval granted
- 2011 - Successful installation of Breagh platform
- 2013 - First gas produced
- 2015 - Ineos announces the acquisition of RWE Dea's share
Geology
- The field is a conventional Carboniferous reservoir
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- Bibby Offshore Subsea References
- KWSubsea Subsea References
- Sale of the Breagh Field
- Heerema Fabrication Group awarded 'Breagh A' and Clipper South' contracts
- Sterling Resources announces award of pipelay contract at Breagh
- RWE Dea: Successful installation of Breagh platform in the North Sea
- Sterling Resources Announces Commencement Of Development Drilling At Breagh
- RWE Dea UK starts production from the Breagh gas field
- Sterling Resources Announces Successful Breagh Well A07 Fracture Stimulation and Well Test
- INEOS buys North Sea gas fields
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