Cavendish Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: RWE
- Country: UK
- Location: 140 km north-east of Easington on the Lincolnshire coast and 180 km north of Bacton on the Norfolk coast
- Production start: 2007
- Partners: RWE - 50%, Dana Petroleum 50%,
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: initial production rates of 1,6 million m3
+++ Description
- The Cavendish field was discovered in 1989 and development sanction was granted in 2005. The development consists of a 6-slot minimum facilities fixed platform which is tied back to the Murdoch platform, part of the Caister Murdoch System operated by ConocoPhillips, via 47 kms of newly laid pipeline.
- Gas is then transported onward to the Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal in the UK.
+++ Contractors
- **Technip:** Pipelay contract for the 48 km export pipeline from the Cavendish Field to the Murdoch facilities
- **Heerema:** Contract to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) a NUI (normally unmanned installation)
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** Installation of Minimum Facility Platform
- **Micoperi:**
- Installation of subsea pipeline 10” plus 3” piggy back 45 km long
- Cavendish Platform Installation
+++ History
- 1989 - The Cavendish field was discovered
- 2005 - Development sanction was granted
- 2006 - Pipelay contract awarded to Technip
- 2007 - First gas produced
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Micoperi Offshore And Platform References
- Micoperi Offshore Pipeline References
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- Cavendish Gas Field Begins Production
- RWE, UK Activities
- Cavendish Field Development: Pipelay contract awarded to Technip Offshore UK Ltd
- Heerema Vlissingen awarded the Cavendish Platform contract
- RWE Dea UK receives development go ahead for Cavendish gas field in the UK Southern North Sea