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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
 
* Operator: Ithaca  
 
* Operator: Ithaca  
 
* Country: UK
 
* Country: UK
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* Production Volume:  
 
* Production Volume:  
  
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=== Description ===
* The field is to be developed as a subsea tieback to the [[[Britannia Gas Field]]]
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* The field was developed as a subsea tieback to the [[Britannia Gas Field]]
* The field development will consist of drilling of up to two production wells and the installation of subsea infrastructure, including a production manifold, a 27 kilometre (km) production flowline to transport reservoir fluids to the Britannia BLP and a control and chemical umbilical.
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* The field development consists of drilling of up to two production wells and the installation of subsea infrastructure, including a production manifold, a 27 kilometre (km) production flowline to transport reservoir fluids to the Britannia BLP and a control and chemical umbilical.
 
* The Alder Field has a maximum estimated recovery of 4,820 million scm of gas over an estimated field life of 10 years.
 
* The Alder Field has a maximum estimated recovery of 4,820 million scm of gas over an estimated field life of 10 years.
 
* The project has a planned design capacity of 110 million cubic feet of natural gas and 14,000 barrels of condensate per day
 
* The project has a planned design capacity of 110 million cubic feet of natural gas and 14,000 barrels of condensate per day
  
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=== Contractors ===
 
* **Technip:** engineering, manufacturing and installation:
 
* **Technip:** engineering, manufacturing and installation:
 
** the detailed design and pipelay of a 28-kilometer 16” pipe-in-pipe system,
 
** the detailed design and pipelay of a 28-kilometer 16” pipe-in-pipe system,
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** various subsea works including the installation of a manifold structure including HIPPS, subsea isolation valve structure, valves and spoolpiece components.
 
** various subsea works including the installation of a manifold structure including HIPPS, subsea isolation valve structure, valves and spoolpiece components.
  
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=== History ===
 
* 2013 - Technip awarded subsea contract
 
* 2013 - Technip awarded subsea contract
* 2014 - Final investment decision
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* 2014 - Final investment decision and regulatory approval
 
* 2016 - First gas produced
 
* 2016 - First gas produced
 
* 2019 - Ithaca energy acquired Chevron's stake
 
* 2019 - Ithaca energy acquired Chevron's stake
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* 2019 - Chrysaor acquired Conocophillips's stake in the field
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* 2021 - Premier Oil and Chrysaor merge to create Harbour Energy
  
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=== Geology ===
 
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=== Links ===
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# [[UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date]]
 
# [[Serimax Pipeline References]]
 
# [[Serimax Pipeline References]]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4406 Technip awarded subsea contract by Chevron North Sea]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4406 Technip awarded subsea contract by Chevron North Sea]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:alder-field-achieves-first-gas Alder field achieves first gas]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:alder-field-achieves-first-gas Alder field achieves first gas]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/05/acquisition-of-chevron-north-sea-limited.html Acquisition Of Chevron North Sea Limited]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/05/acquisition-of-chevron-north-sea-limited.html Acquisition Of Chevron North Sea Limited]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/10/conocophillips-completes-27-billion.html ConocoPhillips Completes $2.7 Billion Sale of United Kingdom E&P Subsidiaries]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/10/harbour-energy-to-be-admitted-to-trading.html Harbour Energy to be admitted to trading]
  
 
[[category:Field]]
 
[[category:Field]]
 
[[category:UK]]
 
[[category:UK]]
 
[[category:Ithaca]]
 
[[category:Ithaca]]
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[[category:Harbour Energy]]

Latest revision as of 08:19, 31 October 2023

Summary Information

  • Operator: Ithaca
  • Country: UK
  • Location: North Sea
  • Production start: 2016
  • Partners: Chevron - 70%, Conocophillips - 25%, GDF-Suez - 5%
  • Type: Gas And Condensate
  • Estimated Reserves: 4,820 million scm of gas (recoverable)
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The field was developed as a subsea tieback to the Britannia Gas Field
  • The field development consists of drilling of up to two production wells and the installation of subsea infrastructure, including a production manifold, a 27 kilometre (km) production flowline to transport reservoir fluids to the Britannia BLP and a control and chemical umbilical.
  • The Alder Field has a maximum estimated recovery of 4,820 million scm of gas over an estimated field life of 10 years.
  • The project has a planned design capacity of 110 million cubic feet of natural gas and 14,000 barrels of condensate per day

Contractors

  • **Technip:** engineering, manufacturing and installation:
    • the detailed design and pipelay of a 28-kilometer 16” pipe-in-pipe system,
    • the installation of a 28-kilometer hybrid umbilical
    • various subsea works including the installation of a manifold structure including HIPPS, subsea isolation valve structure, valves and spoolpiece components.

History

  • 2013 - Technip awarded subsea contract
  • 2014 - Final investment decision and regulatory approval
  • 2016 - First gas produced
  • 2019 - Ithaca energy acquired Chevron's stake
  • 2019 - Chrysaor acquired Conocophillips's stake in the field
  • 2021 - Premier Oil and Chrysaor merge to create Harbour Energy

Geology

Links

  1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
  2. Serimax Pipeline References
  3. Technip awarded subsea contract by Chevron North Sea
  4. Chevron Makes Final Investment Decision on Alder Field in the United Kingdom
  5. Alder field achieves first gas
  6. Acquisition Of Chevron North Sea Limited
  7. ConocoPhillips Completes $2.7 Billion Sale of United Kingdom E&P Subsidiaries
  8. Harbour Energy to be admitted to trading