Everest Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BG Group
- Country: UK
- Location: 240km north east of Aberdeen
- Production start: 1993
- Partners:
- Type: Gas & Condensate
- Estimated Reserves: – 770 bcf gas; 25 million barrels condensate; 1 million barrels natural gasified liquids (NGLs)
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Everest gas/condensate field is located 240km north east of Aberdeen in Blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a (Licence Nos P.101, P.066 and P.110) in the UK sector of the Northern North Sea. It is a fixed steel platform with a bridge link to the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) riser platform.
- South Everest includes two wells and a 7.1 km tie back to the North Everest platform
- Gas is transported by CATS to Teesside.
- Liquids are transported via the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) to Cruden Bay and onwards to Kinneil for processing.
- Everest which is operated by BG Group was discovered in 1982 and started production in May 1993.
- The latest development is Everest East, which comprises two sub-sea wells tied back to the North Everest platform
Contractors
- Highlands Fabricators: North Everest platform
- HSM Offshore: Living Quarters
- South Everest
- Subsea trees - ABB Vetco Gray
- Well Placement - Baker Hughes Intec
- Fluids - Baker Hughes Intec
- Cementing - Halliburton
- Subsea Controls and Umbilical - Kvaerner Oilfield products
- Flexible Flowline - NKT Flexibles
- Well Management - Schlumberger Dowell Camco
- Subsea construction - Stolt Comex Seaway
- Topsides design and Engineering - Wood Group Engineering
- Control of pipe manufacture - J P Kenny
History
- 1982 - Everest field discovered
- 1991 - Approval granted for development
- 1993 - Production starts
- 1999 - South Everest project launched
- 2009 - BG Group acquired BP's share in a swap deal, becoming the largest partner
- 2013 - Everest East starts production
Geology
Links
- Total, NON OPERATED UK ASSETS
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- HSM Offshore Platform References
- J P Kenny Subsea References
- BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
- Everest Field, BP
- BG Group delivers key project milestone with Everest East expansion
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