Eider Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: TAQA
- Country: UK
- Location: Block 211/16a in the East Shetland Basin, North Sea
- Production start: 1988
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Eider consists of a fixed 8 legged steel jacket, serving as a manned production facility
- Water injection facilities are provided by the platform on Tern Oil Field
- The Otter Oil and Gas Field is a satellite field
- Oil and gas is exported to North Cormorant via a subsea pipeline before being exported via the Brent System Oil Pipeline to Sullom Voe Oil Terminal in the Shetlands.
- Installation structure: a four leg, eight column steel jacket sub-structure, supporting an Integrated Deck Structure (IDS), containing a wellbay, process bay and utilities bay.
Contractors
- Heerema Marine Contractors: Platform Construction
- Saipem: Pipeline between Tern & Eider - T&I
- FoundOcean: Grouting for Platform
- KWsubsea: UHB assessment for one 20km production flowline and one 20km water injection flowline for Otter development
History
- 1976 - Eider Oil Field discovered
- 1985 - Government approval granted
- 1988 - First oil produced
- 2002 - Dana acquired a 19.0% interest in the Otter field from ENI
- 2007 - Shell and Esso decide to dispose of the field along with a number of others
- 2008 - TAQA acquired 100% stake in the field from Shell and Esso
Geology
- Middle Jurassic (Brent) sands
- Reservoir depth: 2620 - 2750m (8600 - 9030ft)
Links
- Eider, Fast Facts
- TAQA Environmental Statement 2012
- Saipem Europe Pipeline References
- FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
- Eni Divests a Portfolio of Non-Core Assets in the Uk North Sea
- Shell and Esso to market selected North Sea assets
- TAQA Completes Acquisition Of North Sea Assets From Shell And Esso
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