Clipper South Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Ineos
- Country: UK
- Location: Blocks 48/11c, southern North Sea
- Production start: 2012
- Partners: Fairfield - 25%, Bayerngas - 25%
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 500bcf of gas in place
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Clipper South field is located in UKCS blocks 48/19 and 48/20 of the southern North Sea in 23 metres water depth, approximately 169 kilometres to the east of the Theddlethorpe gas processing terminal.
- The field is developed through the drilling of five horizontal wells each with multiple hydraulic fractures
- There is a single manned, small steel platform
- The [[[Carrack Gas Field]]] is tied back to the Clipper Platform
+++ Contractors
- **Heerema:** Construction of the jacket, topsides and piles
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** Tansport & installation of Platform Deck, Jacket and Piles
- **Technip:** project management, detailed pipeline design, installation and tie-in of a 15.5 kilometer 12" production line and 3" methanol piggyback line from the new Clipper South platform to the existing LOGGS (Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering system) platform
- **Subsea 7:** PT Jacket & Scour Rectification
- **FoundOcean:** Grouting for PT Jacket & Scour Rectification
+++ History
- 1983 - The Clipper South Discovery was made by well 48/19a-3
- 1992 - Appraisal wells drilled
- 2008 - Fairfield Energy Acquires Clipper South from Shell and ExxonMobil
- 2009 - RWE farms in to the development
- 2010 - Heerema awarded contract for construction of the jacket, topsides and piles
- 2011 - Clipper South Gas Field Development Plan Approved by DECC
- 2011 - Technip awarded North Sea contract by RWE Dea
- 2012 - Start of development drilling
- 2015 - Ineos announces the acquisition of RWE Dea's share
+++ Geology
- The gas at Clipper South is located in a tight Permian Rotliegend reservoir
+++ Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- Fairfield Energy Acquires Clipper South from Shell and ExxonMobil
- Heerema Fabrication Group awarded 'Breagh A' and Clipper South' contracts
- Technip awarded North Sea contract by RWE Dea
- Clipper South Gas Field Development Plan Approved
- Start of development drilling at Clipper South Gas Field
- Fairfield Energy and RWE DEA UK join forces at Clipper South
- INEOS buys North Sea gas fields
