Caister Murdoch Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Tullow
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 1993
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Caister platform is a small unmanned facility
- Murdoch has two small unmanned platforms, one of which is for gas compression
- The CMS III development involved the development of five gas fields: Errol, McAdam, H, Q and, K, with all the fields tied back to the existing Caister Murdoch System
- The Katy Gas Field, Cavendish Gas Field and the Kelvin Gas Field are subsea tie backs that use the production and transportation facilities of the Caister Murdoch System (CMS)
- The Hunter Gas Field is a single subsea well tied back via an 8" flexible pipeline and umbilical to the existing Murdoch K subsea template
- Gas is transported to the Theddlethorpe Gas Processing Plant.
Contractors
- HSM Offshore: Murdoch CMS III Compression module
- Seaway Heavy Lifting: T & I - CMS-2 Compression Platform and Murdoch Modules and Caissons
- FoundOcean: Murdoch Riser
- Bibby Offshore: Hunter Flowline Isolation
- J P Kenny: Materials selection, detailed design and specification pipework associated with wellhead protection structures
- Stolt Offshore: CMS III subsea installation
- Global Maritime: Warranty surveyor for installation of infield flowlines (10”/12”) and umbilical, and subsequent trenching operations - CMS-III Project
History
- 1992 - Project development approved by UK Government for both Murdoch & Caister
- 1993 - First gas produced
- 2001 - Permission granted for CMS III
- 2001 - BP sells ARCO's share of the field to Tullow
- 2002 - First gas produced from Murdoch K
Geology
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- HSM Offshore Platform References
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- Bibby Offshore Subsea References
- J P Kenny Subsea References
- Global Maritime Pipeline References
- Serimax Pipeline References
- Licences P 450, P 451, P 452 And P 691 - Licences Having Effect Under The Petroleum Act 1998
- BP Fulfils EC Undertaking With Gas Sale To Tullow Oil
- Production Commences from New North Sea Gas Field
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