Crawford Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Enquest
- Country: UK
- Location: Block 9/28a - Area B, 300 km north east of Aberdeen
- Production start: 1989
- Partners: Fairfield
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves: gross 2P reserves of 26.8 MMboe
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Crawford field is located in the Northern North Sea, in water depth of around 385 ft.
- The field was originally developed in 1989 with production having started in April 1989 and ceased in December 1990, having reached cumulative oil production of 3.9 MMbbl.
- The initial Crawford development focused on production from the Jurassic Hugin formation.
- Subsequent appraisal drilling in 2007 confirmed the extension of the field’s Triassic reservoir
- The field is to be redeveloped together with the Porter Field
Contractors
- KWSubsea: Pre-FEED and FEED engineering of two caisson risers
History
- 1988 - UK government approval for the development
- 1989 - First oil produced
- 1990 - Production ceased
- 2005 - Fairfield acquires a stake from Acorn
- 2007 - Appraisal wells drilled on the fields
- 2010 - Enquest acquired 19% share
- 2011 - EnQuest acquired majority stake and assumed operatorship
Geology
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- KWSubsea Subsea References
- Fairfield Energy Announces Formation of North Sea Company and Acquisition of Assets
- Fairfield to Acquire Shell and Esso Interests in North Sea Fields
- Recommended Acquisition Of Stratic Energy Corporation
- EnQuest to acquire majority equity stake and assume operatorship of both Crawford and Porter developments
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