Heather Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: EnQuest
- Country: UK
- Location: Block 2/5 of the Northern North Sea
- Production start: 1978
- Partners: EnQuest 100%
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Heather A platform has been in production since 1978.
- A total of 64 wells have been drilled, the majority initially completed as gas lifted production wells. A total of 27 wells were subsequently converted to water injection.
- Today there are 15 producing wells and three water injection wells in operation
- The Broom Oil Field is a tie back to the Heather Platform
- Oil is transported by the Ninian Crude Oil Pipeline to the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Contractors
- McDermott: Construction of Platform
- FoundOcean: Grouting for the platform
History
- 1973 - The Heather field was discovered
- 1978 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 1978 - First oil produced
- 1999 - DNO recieved approval from the DTI for field operation
- 2008 - Lundin acquires DNO's stake in the field
Geology
- The field has a Middle Jurassic Brent reservoir
Links
- EnQuest, Heather & Broom
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- Formal Approval of Heather Agreements
- Heather Field doubles production
- Lundin Petroleum to Acquire Certain Assets of DNO in UK, Norway and Ireland
page revision: 10, last edited: 20 Apr 2015 06:30