Greater Rochelle Oil And Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Endeavour
- Country: UK
- Location: UKCS Blocks 15/26b, 15/26c and 15/27 115 miles northeast of Aberdeen
- Production start: 2013
- Partners: Endeavour - 55.6% , Nexen - 44.4%
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Greater Rochelle area is comprised of three blocks in the North Sea - 15/26b, 15/26c and 15/27.
- The development consists of two two subsea production wells at the East and West Rochelle fields
- These production wells are linked by a 30 kilometer pipeline to production facilities on the Scott Platform
- A 38 kilometre Rochelle pipeline system connects East and West Rochelle
Contractors
- Technip: - Project management and detailed design, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of 30 kilometers of pipe-in-pipe, flexible riser, free issue umbilical, subsea isolation valves and manifolds. It also covers tie-in spools, trenching, backfill and rockdumping work
- Aker Solutions: One 30 kilometre infield control umbilical and one 650 metre riser umbilical
History
- 2006 - Endeavour acquires 55.62% from Talisman
- 2010 - Further discoveries in West Rochelle
- 2011 - United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approved the East Rochelle Field Development Plan
- 2012 - Technip awarded EPCI lump sum contract
- 2013 - Production drilling starts
- 2013 - CNOOC announces first production
- 2014 - MOL acquires stakes in the fields from Premier Oil
- 2015 - Endeavour announces it is looking for a buyer
Geology
Links
- Talisman Energy Rationalizes North Sea Assets
- Endeavour Announces Successful Discovery in West Rochelle
- Endeavour Announces Approval of the Rochelle Field Development Plan
- Technip awarded contract for UK North Sea Development
- Aker Solutions awarded umbilical contract by Endeavour Energy UK
- Endeavour Announces the Mobilization of the Transocean Prospect to the Rochelle Field
- Rochelle - first gas
- Endeavour Announces Both Wells on Production at Rochelle Field
- MOL extends its upstream portfolio in the Central North Sea
- Endeavour Announces Rochelle Field Has Returned to Production
- Endeavour Announces Launch of Marketing Process for North Sea Assets
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