Armada Oil and Gas Field

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

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
3. Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
4. International Protective Coatings Platform References
5. KWSubsea Subsea References
6. Saipem Europe Pipeline References
7. Government go-ahead for Armada development underlines North Sea confidence
8. Eni increases its interest in the Liverpool Bay fields and disposes of other non core North Sea assets
9. BG Announces New Gas Discovery Near Armada Field
10. BG Brings North Sea Seymour Field Into Production
11. BG and partners announce success on the Maria fallow discovery
12. AMEC's Oil and Gas Division Awarded BG Contract
13. BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
14. Petrofac secures contract with BG
15. Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn