Sable Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Petrosa
- Country: South Africa
- Location:
- Production start: 2003
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves: Original recoverable oil reserves estimated at 20 to 25 million barrels
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Sable field is located in the Bredasdorp basin offshore South Africa about 150 km Southwest of Mossel Bay.
- The field consists of two reservoirs (E-BD and E-CE) in about 100m of water with recoverable oil reserves estimated at 20 to 25 million barrels.
- The field utilised the Glas Dowr FPSO
Contractors
- Bluewater: Supply and operation of FPSO
- SA Five Engineering: Fabrication and installation of Gas Compression Module, Process Separation Module, Flare Structure and various modifications to the existing topside facilities
- Coflexip Stena Offshore: Design, supply and install specified subsea production system components and related services
- Technip:
- Design, supply and installation of the subsea facilities
- Installation and hook up of the FPSO
History
- 2002 - SA Five Engineering awarded FPSO upgrade work
- 2003 - Production started
- 2008 - Production of the Sable field ceased
Geology
Links
- Bluewater Awards Contract for Upgrade of FPSO Glas Dowr
- FPSO Glas Dowr sets sail for Sable
- Bluewater and PetroSA commence production of oil on the Sable field offshore South Africa
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