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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
* The Penguins field was originally connected to the [[Brent Oil Field | Brent Charlie platform]] via a sub-sea pipeline | * The Penguins field was originally connected to the [[Brent Oil Field | Brent Charlie platform]] via a sub-sea pipeline | ||
| − | * A redevelopment is underway which will use the [[Penguins FPSO]] a cylindrical vessel | + | * A redevelopment is underway which will use the [[Penguins FPSO]] a cylindrical vessel with production capacity of 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with storage capability of up to 400,000 barrels |
* Oil will be transported via tanker to refineries, and gas will be transported via the [[Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline]] to the St Fergus gas terminal in northeast Scotland. | * Oil will be transported via tanker to refineries, and gas will be transported via the [[Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline]] to the St Fergus gas terminal in northeast Scotland. | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 4 January 2024
Contents
Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: UK
- Location: North Sea
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Penguins field was originally connected to the Brent Charlie platform via a sub-sea pipeline
- A redevelopment is underway which will use the Penguins FPSO a cylindrical vessel with production capacity of 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with storage capability of up to 400,000 barrels
- Oil will be transported via tanker to refineries, and gas will be transported via the Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline to the St Fergus gas terminal in northeast Scotland.
Contractors
- J P Kenny:
- Conceptual design and cost estimating
- Four subsea drill centers, piping manifold structures
- Saipem: Pipelines EPIC
- FoundOcean: Grouting for Flowline Protection Unit Supports
Redevelopment
- Fluor: Engineering, procurement and fabrication of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel
History
- 1974 - Penguins oil field discovered
- 2001 - Field development approval granted
- 2002 - First oil produced
- 2017 - Field closed due to decommissioning of Brent Charlie
- 2018 - Shell took the final investment decision to redevelop the Penguins oil and gas field
- 2021 - Exxon sells its stake to HitecVision
Geology
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- Saipem Europe Pipeline References
- J P Kenny Subsea References
- ExxonMobil to sell U.K. upstream central and northern North Sea assets
