Everest Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Habour Energy
• Country: UK
• Location: 240km north east of Aberdeen
• Production start: 1993
• Partners:
• Type: Gas & Condensate
• Estimated Reserves: – 770 bcf gas; 25 million barrels condensate; 1 million barrels natural gasified liquids (NGLs)
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Everest gas/condensate field is located 240km north east of Aberdeen in Blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a (Licence Nos P.101, P.066 and P.110) in the UK sector of the Northern North Sea. It is a fixed steel platform with a bridge link to the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) riser platform.
• South Everest includes two wells and a 7.1 km tie back to the **North Everest platform**
• Gas is transported by CATS to Teesside.
• Liquids are transported via the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) to Cruden Bay and onwards to Kinneil for processing.
• Everest which is operated by BG Group was discovered in 1982 and started production in May 1993.
• The latest development is Everest East, which comprises two sub-sea wells tied back to the North Everest platform

Contractors

• **Highlands Fabricators:** North Everest platform
• **HSM Offshore:** Living Quarters
• **South Everest**
  • Subsea trees - ABB Vetco Gray
  • Well Placement - Baker Hughes Intec
  • Fluids - Baker Hughes Intec
  • Cementing - Halliburton
  • Subsea Controls and Umbilical - Kvaerner Oilfield products
  • Flexible Flowline - NKT Flexibles
  • Well Management - Schlumberger Dowell Camco
  • Subsea construction - Stolt Comex Seaway
  • Topsides design and Engineering - Wood Group Engineering
  • Control of pipe manufacture - J P Kenny

History

• 1982 - Everest field discovered
• 1991 - Approval granted for development
• 1993 - Production starts
• 1999 - South Everest project launched
• 2009 - BG Group acquired BP's share in a swap deal, becoming the largest partner
• 2013 - Everest East starts production
• 2015 - Shell acquired BG Group and became the operator
• 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.
• 2021 - Premier Oil and Chrysaor merge to create Harbour Energy

Links

1. Total, NON OPERATED UK ASSETS
2. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
3. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
4. HSM Offshore Platform References
5. J P Kenny Subsea References
6. BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
7. Everest Field, BP
8. BG Group delivers key project milestone with Everest East expansion
9. Recommended cash and share offer for BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell
10. Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn
11. Harbour Energy to be admitted to trading