Armada Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BG Group
- Country: UK
- Location: Central North Sea
- Production start: 1997
- Partners:
- Type: Gas & Condensate
- Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Armada complex originally comprised a single platform and 4 gas/condensate fields (Fleming, Drake, Hawkins and South-West and Seymour) situated in the Central North Sea
- The **Maria** Field was later added. Maria is a two-well subsea development
- The [[[Gaupe Oil And Gas Field]]] has been tied back to the Armada platform
- The Talisman operated [[[Rev Gas and Condensate Field]]] is also tied back to the platform
- Gas is exported via the [[[Cats Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline]]] to Teesside, with liquids transported through the [[[Forties Pipeline System]]] to Cruden Bay
+++ Contractors
- **BARMAC:** Armada Platform
- **BiFab:**
* Phase II Plaftform * Engineering, Procurement and Construction of 44 Man Living Quarters and Helideck * Maria - Separator Module
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** T & I of Maria Separator Module onto Armada Platform
- **Saipem:** T& I Gas Pipelines
- **KWSubsea:** NW Seymour Sidetrack Project - Concept/FEED design of distribution manifold and piping for tie-in
- **AMEC:** Engineering, procurement, construction and project management for Maria
+++ History
- 1994 - Fleming, Drake and Hawkins development approval given
- 1997 - First gas produced
- 2001 - Approval granted for phase 2
- 2002 - South West Seymour discovered
- 2002 - Centrica acquires 5.58% stake from ENI
- 2003 - Seymour development approved
- 2003 - Seymour comes onstream
- 2004 - Discovery on the Maria prospect
- 2009 - BG Group acquired BP's stake in the field
- 2012 - First production from Gaupe
- 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- [[[UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date]]]
- [[[List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK]]]
- [[[Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References]]]
- [[[International Protective Coatings Platform References]]]
- [[[KWSubsea Subsea References]]]
- [[[Saipem Europe Pipeline References]]]
- Government go-ahead for Armada development underlines North Sea confidence
- Eni increases its interest in the Liverpool Bay fields and disposes of other non core North Sea assets
- BG Announces New Gas Discovery Near Armada Field
- BG Brings North Sea Seymour Field Into Production
- BG and partners announce success on the Maria fallow discovery
- AMEC's Oil and Gas Division Awarded BG Contract
- BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
- Petrofac secures contract with BG
- Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn