Katy Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: ConocoPhillips
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 2013
- Partners: GDF Suez, Tullow
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Katy Field development will consist of a single production well, the installation of a Normally Unattended Installation (NUI), the installation of two subsea protection structures (a Tee assembly at Katy and a pigging manifold at Kelvin) and a new 14 km 10” gas production pipeline with a piggy-backed 2” methanol pipeline.
- The pipeline will connect the Katy platform to the existing Kelvin Subsea Tee, which is tied-back to the Murdoch Complex.
- Commingled gas from Katy and other connected fields will be exported from the [[[Murdoch Gas Field | Murdoch Complex]]] to the Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal via the CMS pipeline system.
+++ Contractors
- **Wilton Engineering:** Fabrication of all subsea structures, including the two large structures: a 59-tonne tee and a 73-tonne pigging manifold
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** Transportation & Installation of Jacket & Piles and Topsides
- **KWSubsea:** Detailed design of 14km 10" gas production and 2" methanol piggyback pipelines, associated tie-in spoolpieces, 100T Kelvin Pigging Manifold Assembly and Katy Future 60T Tie-in Assembly
- **Nessco:** Communications Systems
+++ History
- 2012 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 2013 - First gas produced
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