Catcher Oil Field

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Summary Information

• Operator: Premier Oil
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start: Expected 2017
• Partners: Premier - 50%, MOL 20%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The project will entail the drilling of 22 subsea wells (14 producers and 8 water injectors) on the Catcher, Varadero and Burgman fields which will be tied back to the Catcher FPSO
• The FPSO will have a processing capacity of 60,000 bopd and a storage capacity of 650,000 bbl
• The Bonneville & Carnaby discoveries will also be tied back to Catcher

Contractors

• BW Offshore: Delivery of the FPSO, mooring system, installation and operation
• Xodus: Subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
• Subsea 7:
  • Provision of project management, engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and installation of Catcher’s subsea facilities.
  • The scope includes three pipeline Bundles incorporating Butting BuBi® Mechanically Lined Pipe, a riser system for the Catcher Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit, and installation of a 10”, 60 km gas export/import pipeline.

History

• 2010 - Catcher Oil Field discovered
• 2012 - Oil discovered in the Carnaby field
• 2013 - Oil discovered in the Bonneville field
• 2013 - MOL acquires Wintershall's 20% stake
• 2014 - BW Offshore awarded LOA for FPSO

Geology

• The oil is in cromarty age sandstones

Links

1. Drilling Update - Catcher discovery
2. Premier Oil Exploration Update
3. Carnaby Oil Discovery
4. Xodus Catches Premier Contract
5. Premier Oil Exploration drilling update
6. Enhancement of the exploration & production portfolio through North Sea acquisition
7. BW Offshore: Signed LOA for the Catcher FPSO
8. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded $460 million contract in North Sea
9. UK Government approval of Catcher

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