Ross and Blake Oil Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Repsol
- Country: UK
- Location: 64 miles from Aberdeen in the Outer Moray Firth
- Production start: 1999
- Partners: BG Group
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The fields are produced using the Bleo Holm FPSO, which is located on the Ross Field
- Gas is transported to the FUKA St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal by the Frigg UK Gas Pipeline System
- The Blake development comprises six production wells drilled from a single drill centre, and two water injection wells, north-west and south-east of this drill centre; a production manifold, subsea wellheads and flowlines of 9.5 km connecting it to the FPSO
- The Blake Flank development comprises two production wells and a single water injector tied into the existing Blake Production Manifold
+++ Contractors
- **McNulty Offshore:** FPSO conversion
- **Coflexip Stena:** offshore facilities
- **Santa Fe:** drilling
++++ Blake Flank
- **Technip:** Design, fabrication and installation of the subsea flowlines and umbilicals
- **Kvaerner:** The subsea controls
- **Cameron Cooper:** Subsea Christmas trees
- **Santa Fe:** drilling
+++ History
- 1997 - Ross Project development approved by UK Government
- 1999 - The Ross field came onstream
- 2000 - Blake Project development approved by UK Government
- 2001 - Production started on the Blake field
- 2002 - Blake Flank project approved
- 2003 - Blake Flank came onstream
- 2015 - Repsol became a partner by acquiring Talisman Sinopec
+++ Geology
- The main Blake reservoir is a thick channel sand
+++ Links
- Bibby Offshore Subsea References
- Talisman Announces Blake Field Development Approval
- FPSO technology benefits Ross and Blake oil fields
- Blake Oil Field On Stream Ahead Of Schedule
- The Blake Field, Offshore Petroleum Production And Pipe-Lines (Assessment Of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 Licences P 101, P 729 And P 810 - Licences Having Effect Under The Petroleum Act 1998
- Blake Flank Oil Development Receives DTI Go-Ahead
- BG announces first production from Blake Flank oil development
- Repsol reaches an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire the Canadian oil company