Atlantic and Cromarty Gas and Condensate Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: BG Group
- Country: UK
- Location: Outer Moray Firth
- Production start: 2006
- Partners: Hess
- Type: Gas And Condensate
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The fields lie 12.5 kilometres apart, approximately 80 kilometres north east of St Fergus in the Outer Moray Firth.
- The Atlantic field lies in licence block 14/26a and the Cromarty field lies in licence block 13/30a
- The development is using sub sea technology with production from the two fields being mixed together offshore and exported via the [[[Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline]]] to [[[Sage St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal]]]
- The sub-sea facilities are operated remotely from the control room at the St Fergus SAGE terminal via a satellite link to the Shell operated Goldeneye platform, and then via a 32 km sub-sea electro-hydraulic umbilical to the Atlantic and Cromarty fields
+++ Contractors
- **Kellogg Brown and Root:**
- Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the terminal
- Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contract for the terminal
- **Allseas:** The pipelay contract
- **ABB Offshore Systems:** Supply of subsea controls
- **Cooper Cameron:** Supply of sub sea Christmas trees
+++ History
- 1986 - The Cromarty field was discovered
- 2003 - Government approval given for the development
- 2006 - First gas produced
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