Horne and Wren Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Tullow
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 2005
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Horne and Wren minimum facility is a 2 well gas production platform located in Block 53/3c of the Southern North Sea, 65 kilometres East of the Bacton Terminal off the coast of Norfolk, in 40.6m water depth.
- There are no processing facilities on the platform, it is essentially a wellhead platform only.
- There is no accommodation and the facility is normally unmanned.
- The **Wissey Field** is a subsea tie back to the platform
- Gas is exported via the Thames Offshore Infrastructure to the Bacton Gas Plant
+++ Contractors
- **SLP Engineering Ltd:** Horne & Wren Platform
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** Transport and installation of Horne & Wren Platform
+++ History
- 1967 - The Wissey field was discovered by Signal Oil & Gas
- 1992 - The Horne field was discovered by Hamilton Oil Company
- 1997 - The Wren field was discovered by ARCO
- 2001 - Tullow obtained its initial 9% interest in these fields as part of an acquisition from ARCO/BP
- 2004 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 2004 - Centrica acquired a 50% stake
- 2005 - First gas produced
- 2007 - Development approval for Wissey
- 2008 - Production from the Wissey field started
- 2012 - Wissey production ceased
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