Armada Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Harbour Energy
- Country: UK
- Location: Central North Sea
- Production start: 1997
- Partners:
- Type: Gas & Condensate
- Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Armada sits in Block 22/5b of the UK North Sea, 244 kilometres east of Aberdeen. It consists of the Drake, Hawkins and Fleming gas/condensate fields, with SW and NW Seymour, and Maria fields in the UK sector and the Rev and Gaupe fields (third-party fields) in the Norwegian sector tied back to Armada.
- The complex originally comprised a single platform and the 4 gas/condensate fields (Fleming, Drake, Hawkins and South-West and Seymour)
- 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 Repsol 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 the Kinneil processing plant at Grangemouth
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
- 2015 - Shell becomes a partner after acquiring BG Group
- 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.
Geology
Links
- Infrastructure Code of Practice
- 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
- Recommended cash and share offer for BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell
- Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn