Arbroath Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Repsol
- Country: UK
- Location: Central North Sea
- Production start:
- Partners: Marubeni
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The fields are operated using two small manned steel platforms, Montrose A & Arbroath
- The £1.6 billion MonArb Area Redevelopment Project will mean the production of a further 100 million barrels of oil equivalent from the existing Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Arkwright, Carnoustie and Wood fields.
- The project also includes consent for the new Cayley, Godwin and Shaw fields.
+++ Contractors
- **Union Industrielle et d’Enterprise (UIE):** Montrose Platform
- **Highlands Fabricators:** Arbroath Platform
- **HSM Offshore:**
- Montrose Living Quarter
- WaGE Compression and Treatment Module
- **Stolt Offshore:** A 10-inch, 8.5km water injection line between the Montrose and Arbroath platforms
- **Heerema Marine Contractors:** Arbroath T&I
++++ Montrose Area Redevelopment (MAR) Project
- **Subsea 7:** Project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of two 5km pipeline bundles
- **Offshore Group Newcastle Limited:** Engineering, procurement and fabrication of the jacket
- **AMEC:** FEED (front end engineering design) for the new bridge-linked platform brownfield scope and upgrade of the existing Montrose Alpha platform
- **OGN:** Engineering, procurement and fabrication of the oil and gas jacket, for the new bridge-linked platform for the Montrose Area Redevelopment (MAR) Project.
- **KWsubsea:** Assessment of HPHT Pipelines for Shaw and Cayley
+++ History
- 1976 - Montrose development approval given
- 1987 - Arbroath development approval given
- 1989 - Arbroath platform installed
- 2005 - Talisman acquires Paladin, becoming the operator of the field
- 2006 - Wood and Gas Export (WaGE) module installed on the Montrose platform
- 2007 - First production from the Wood field
- 2009 - Cayley, Godwin and Shaw fields discovered
- 2012 - Montrose Area Redevelopment approved
- 2013 - Subsea 7 Wins Pipeline Bundle Project
- 2015 - Repsol became a partner by acquiring Talisman Sinopec
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- HSM Offshore Platform References
- FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
- Serimax Pipeline References
- KWsubsea High Pressure High Temperature Systems References
- Stolt Offshore Announces $120 Million of Contract Awards in the North Sea
- Talisman to Acquire Paladin Resources Plc for Pounds Sterling 1,218 Million 'C$2,521 Million'
- Marubeni announce oil discovery in UK Central North Sea
- Petrofac Brownfield Secures WaGE Project
- WaGE Meets Major Milestones
- Talisman Energy Announces First Production From the Wood Field in the North Sea
- Brown Field Allowance sparks new wave of oil investment
- AMEC awarded a five-year brownfield topside projects contract by Talisman Energy (UK) Limited
- Subsea 7 UK & Canada Wins Pipeline Bundle Project for Talisman Sinopec UK Energy’s Montrose Area Redevelopment Project
- OGN awarded Multi-Million Pound Talisman Jacket Contract
- Repsol reaches an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire the Canadian oil company