Erskine Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Chevron
• Country: UK
• Location: central North Sea
• Production start: 1997
• Partners:
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The field is both high temperature and high pressure
• The field utilises a small steel normally unmanned platform
• Gas and liquids produced from the Erskine field are processed on the [[[Lomond Oil And Gas Field | Lomond platform]]], with gas then transported via the [[[CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline]]] and liquids via [[[Forties Pipeline System]]].

+++ Contractors

• **Lewis Offshore:** Platform Construction
• **Saipem:**

* Platform Jacket EPIC
* Pipelines T&I

• **McNulty:** Module construction
• **McDermott-ETPM:** Erskine to Lomond installation
• **BiFab:** Tie-In Spools
• **J P Kenny:** Review of the hydrate mitigation strategy for all anticipated operating scenarios

+++ History

• 1995 - Texaco receives approval for the project
• 1997 - First production
• 2009 - BG Group acquired a stake from BP
• 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.

+++ Geology

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date]
2. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
3. List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
4. BiFab Subsea References
5. J P Kenny Subsea References
6. Serimax Pipeline References
7. Saipem Europe Pipeline References
8. International Protective Coatings Platform References
9. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References
10. BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
11. Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn