View source for Eastern Trough Area Project Oil Fields, ETAP

=== Summary Information ===
* Operator: BP
* Country: UK 
* Location: 150 miles east of Aberdeen
* Production start: 1998
* Partners: Shell
* Type: Oil 
* Estimated Reserves: 
* Production Volume: 

=== Description ===
* The Marnock field is the centre of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP)
* It comprises two small steel platforms, one housing processing facilities and the other utilities and accommodation.
* The CPF comprises two bridge-linked steel jackets and topsides which separate the living quarters, utilities and control rooms from the wells, risers, processing and compression facilities and the export hub for produced oil and gas.
* A normally unmanned installation (NUI) over Mungo stands around 20km to the east of the CPF. The other fields in the ETAP development are all subsea tiebacks. These fields are; 
** '''Egret Oil Field''' - Production ceased 
** '''Heron Oil Field'''
** '''Machar Oil Field'''
** '''Madoes Oil Field'''
** '''Mirren Oil Field'''
** '''Monan Oil Field'''
** '''Mungo Oil Field'''
** '''Skua Oil Field''' - Production ceased 
* Oil export is through the [[Forties Pipeline System]] while gas export is through the [[CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline]].
* The Life Extension Project will extend the life of the platform to 2030 and improve its operating efficiency
* The [[Seagull Oil Field]] is being developed as a tie back
* The '''Murlach Field''' is a development that consists of a two production well subsea tie-back to the Central Processing Facility (“CPF”) by tying into infrastructure 
associated with the Seagull and Heron fields.

=== Contractors ===
* **Brown and Root:** Design and Project Management
* **AMEC, Trafalgar House, Consafe and Belleli:** Fabrication  
* **EMC/Coflexip Stena:** Pipelay
* **Coflexip Stena:** Subsea Installation
* **Heeremac:** Transportation and Installation
* **Saipem:** Transportation and Installation of pipelines

==== Life Extension Project ====

* **Amec Foster Wheeler:** Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for the provision of additional living quarters

==== Murlach ====

* WOOD PLC: Topsides modification to enable Murlach tieback


=== History ===
* 1995 - Contracts awarded for the ETAP development
* 1996 - Department of Trade and Industry approved the development
* 1998 - First production
* 2015 - Contracts awarded for Life Extension Project
* 2021 - Neo Energy acquired Zennor Petroleum getting stakes in Mungo and Monan
* 2023 - The Murlach development was approved

=== Geology ===
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=== Links ===

# [[List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK]]
# [[UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date]]
# [[Saipem Europe Pipeline References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:bp-awards-contracts-to-begin-early-work-on-central-n BP Awards Contracts to Begin Early Work on Central North Sea Fields]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:1-6-billion-central-north-sea-oil-development-gets-u £1.6 Billion Central North Sea Oil Development Gets Under Way]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:etap-example-of-major-benefits-from-north-sea-invest ETAP 'Example of Major Benefits from North Sea Investment' - ETAP Fields Start Production]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:6023 Amec Foster Wheeler awarded new BP contract for Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) Additional Living Quarters]
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/08/bp-etap-hub-celebrates-20-years-of.html BP ETAP hub celebrates 20 years of production]
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/08/neo-energy-to-acquire-zennor-petroleum.html NEO Energy to acquire Zennor Petroleum]
# [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1072179/2002-04-11-Murlach_Field_Development_Project_Summary_under_Reg_11_2__1_B01.pdf Murlach Summary]
# [https://a-barrel-full.blogspot.com/2024/01/wood-secures-major-topside.html Wood secures major topside modifications contract with bp in the North Sea]

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