Cormorant Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: TAQA
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start:
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The field consists of three parts, Cormorant North & South and recently discovered Cormorant East
• Cormorant Alpha is a Concrete Gravity Based Structure (CGBS)
• Cormorant Alpha also receives oil via pipelines from the Brent C, Dunlin Oil Field, North Alwyn and North Cormorant platforms as well as from the Pelican subsea tie-back.
• Prior to 2012, oil from the Murchison Oil Field was also handled here
• North Cormorant is a drilling and production facility for the North Cormorant field. The North Cormorant platform is also a production facility for the Cormorant East field, the Eider Oil Field and the Causeway Oil Field
• Oil is transported via the Brent System Oil Pipeline and gas via the Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline

+++ Contractors

• **Redpath de Groot Caledonian; UIE:** Cormorant North Platform
• **Emtunga:** North Cormorant - Helicopter control module & office complex
• **McAlpine/Sea Tank:** Cormorant South Platform
• **Cleveland Bridge:** Construction of Cormorant South Modules
• **McDermott:** Construction of Cormorant North Modules
• **FoundOcean:** Cormorant ‘A’

+++ History

• 1972 - Cormorant Oil Field discovered
• 1979 - Government approval given for Cormorant North & South
• 2007 - Shell and Esso decide to dispose of the field along with a number of others
• 2008 - TAQA acquired 100% stake in Cormorant North, South Cormorant from Shell and Esso
• 2009 - TAQA drills new well on the property
• 2012 - TAQA discovers ‘Cormorant East
• 2013 - Leak detected on Cormorant Alpha

+++ Geology

• Middle Jurassic (Brent) sands

+++ Links

1. TAQA Environmental Statement 2012
2. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
3. International Protective Coatings Platform References
4. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
5. FoundOcean Subsea References
6. Emtunga Offshore Platform References
7. Shell and Esso to market selected North Sea assets
8. TAQA Completes Acquisition Of North Sea Assets From Shell And Esso
9. TAQA Bratani Announces First New North Sea Oil Well On Stream
10. Contender well successful
11. TAQA reports incident in UK North Sea