Nelson Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: UK
- Location: North Sea
- Production start: 1994
- Partners:
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The development consists of a small manned steel platform
- The Bardolino Oil Field is tied back to the Nelson Platform
- Howe Oil Field
- An oil and gas field located in block 22/12a, approximately 160 km east of Peterhead.
- The project involved the drilling of a single production well in the Howe Field and the laying 14 km of 8" production pipeline and a 3" gas lift line from the field to the Nelson platform.
- Oil is transported on the Forties Pipeline System and gas via the Fulmar Gas Pipeline to the SEGAL St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal
Contractors
- McDermott-ETPM: Nelson to Forties pipeline
- KWsubsea: Howe P2 Development - Detailed design of high pressure / high temperature pipe
History
- 1991 - Nelson development approval awarded
- 1994 - Platform installed
- 2010 - First oil from Bardolino
Geology
Links
- Howe Field Development
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- Kwsubsea Detailed Design Subsea References
- Serimax Pipeline References
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