Clair Ridge Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BP
- Country: UK
- Location: west of Shetland
- Production start:
- Partners: Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 640 million barrels of recoverable oil
- Production Volume:
Description
- Clair Ridge is a £4.5bn development announced by BP and its coventurers ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and Shell in October 2011. It is an extension of the giant Clair Oil Field
- It is expected to come onstream in 2016 and produce up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day at peak.
- The Clair Ridge development, is the first sanctioned large-scale offshore enhanced oil recovery (EOR) scheme using reduced salinity water injection (LoSal® EOR).
- Oil and Gas are to be transported from Clair Ridge to Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Contractors
- AMEC:
- Detailed engineering and project management services for the construction and installation phase of two new bridge linked platforms.This includes detail design, follow-on engineering, site support, plus procurement, supply chain services, materials management and information management services for the whole project
- Hook up and commissioning services (HUC) for the two Clair Ridge platforms
- Kvaerner: Drilling & Production Jacket and Piles, Quarters Utility Jacket and Piles
- Subsea 7: project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 6km 22” oil export pipeline and a 14km 6” gas export pipeline connected to the new production facilities and existing Clair Phase 1 export systems
- Hyundai Heavy Industries: Construction of platform topsides
- Global Marine: Submarine fibre optic link between platforms
History
- 2011 - BP Confirms Extension of Giant Clair Field
- 2011 - The Government gave BP and its partners Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron consent for the project
- 2011 - AMEC awarded EPMS for the main platform design
- 2012 - Subsea 7 awarded pipeline contract
- 2012 - BP announces reduced salinity water injection project
- 2013 - Clair Ridge Jackets Safely Installed
Geology
Links
- Foundocean Subsea References
- Kvaerner Platform References
- BP Confirms Extension of Giant Clair Field West of Shetland in the UK
- Consent given for £4.5 billion Clair Ridge development
- AMEC awarded £150 million Clair Ridge design engineering, North Sea
- Subsea 7 awarded contract, West of Shetland
- BP Technology Boosts Oil Recovery Adding To Potential Energy Supplies
- AMEC awarded £68 million Clair Ridge hook up contract, North Sea
- New Clair Ridge Jackets Safely Installed West Of Shetland
- Global Marine lands Subsea 7 contract
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