Carrack Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 2003
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Carrack field lies in a relatively remote area about 75 miles northeast of Bacton off the English coast, close to the UK/Dutch border.
- The field utilises a normally unattended installation (NUI)
- Gas is transported by 82 km of 20” production pipeline from the Carrack NUI to the Clipper PM
+++ Contractors
- **HSM Offshore:** QA Jacket
- **SLP Engineering Ltd:** Carrack QA & Clipper PR Platforms
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** T & I - Carrack QA & Clipper PR Platforms
- **Penspen:** Carrack East Detailed Design
+++ History
- 2003 - Development granted Government approval
- 2003 - First gas produced
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Carrack Field Development 49/9a, 49/14b & 49/15a
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- HSM Offshore Platform References
- Penspen Offshore And Platform References
- ExxonMobil Units Announce New Gas Discovery, First Gas Production in UK Southern North Sea Fields