Dunlin Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Fairfield
- Country: UK
- Location: 195km north-east of Shetland
- Production start: 1978
- Partners: Mitsubishi
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Dunlin Platform is the production centre of a number of fields, including Osprey Oil Field, Merlin Oil Field,
- The Causeway Oil Field is also tied back to the Dunlin Alpha Platform
- The platform also received oil from the Murchison Oil Field
Contractors
- **ANDOC:** Dunlin Platform Construction
- **Penn & Baudwin:** Construction of Dunlin A Modules
- **WOECL:** Dunlin A installation
- **Technip:** Subsea Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) Services for the Dunlin Fuel Gas pipeline project
- **Alderly:** Replacement crude oil metering package
History
- 1973 - Dunlin Oil Field discovered
- 1978 - Government approval for field development
- 2008 - Agreement signed with Antrim, to tie back [[[Causeway Oil Field]]] to the Dunlin Alpha Platform
- 2007 - Shell / Esso decide to sell the field
- 2008 - Fairfield acquired the field
- 2010 - Technip awarded Gas pipeline project
- 2012 - Gas pipeline and water injection project completed
- 2015 - Production ceased
Geology
- The oil lies in the Brent formation
- Dunlin relies on consistent water injection to maximise recovery
Links
- Dunlin, Fairfield
- International Protective Coatings Platform References
- FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
- Shell and Esso to market selected North Sea assets
- Fairfield to Acquire Shell and Esso Interests in North Sea Fields
- Acquisition of Oil Field in UK North Sea
- Fairfield Energy Completes Dunlin Area Acquisition
- Fairfield Announces Causeway Tie-in to Dunlin
- Fairfield Energy Awards Subsea Contract to Technip
- Fairfield invests £70 million in Dunlin upgrades Fairfield invests £70 million in Dunlin upgrades
- Alderley’s crude oil metering package now in operation at Dunlin Field