Bardolino Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Shell
  • Country: UK
  • Location: Central North Sea
  • Production start: 2010
  • Partners: Shell - 62%, OMV - 38%
  • Type: Oil
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The Bardolino Field is located in Block 22/13a with centre point drill location approximately 2 km east of the producing Howe field (block 22/12a), making it approximately 16 km east of the Nelson Platform and approximately 162 km east north east of Aberdeen in a water depth of 91 metres. The single well will be drilled from the edge of Bardolino block (22/13a).
  • The field will be produced to the [[[Nelson Oil And Gas Field | Nelson production platform]]] connecting Bardolino to the existing Howe subsea infrastructure.
  • Oil is evacuated via the [[[Forties Pipeline System]]] and gas is transported about 200 kilometres (124 miles) to the St Fergus gas terminal in north-east Scotland.

+++ Contractors

  • **KWsubsea:** 1 offshore 6"/3" Piggybacked Pipeline (1.85km)

+++ History

  • 2009 - Project development approved by UK Government
  • 2010 - First oil produced

+++ Geology

  • It is an oil field with hydrocarbons mainly in Fulmar sand containing some 33.8 MMstb STOIIP (base case).

+++ Links

  1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
  2. KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
  3. Shell first oil and gas from Bardolino