Rhum Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BP
- Country: UK
- Location: central North Sea
- Production start: 2005
- Partners: BP (50%) and the Iranian Oil Company (50%)
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- Rhum started production in 2005 and is a subsea gas field which is tied back to the Bruce Oil And Gas Field in the central North Sea
- It is a challenging high-pressure, high temperature (HPHT)
- Gas is transported via the Frigg UK Gas Pipeline System to the FUKA St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal
+++ Contractors
- **Saipem:** A 44km pipe-inpipe export pipeline connecting Rhum field to Bruce platform
- **AMEC:**
- Front-end engineering design
- Engineering and design, procurement, fabrication, hook-up, completions and commissioning support
- **Aker Solutions:** Umbilicals
- **BiFab:** Riser Caisson
+++ History
- 2002 - AMEC awarded FEED contract
- 2003 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 2003 - Saipem awarded pipeline contract
- 2010 - BP Suspends Production from Rhum Gas Field
- 2013 - The UK government allows the restart of the field
+++ Geology
- The Rhum reservoir consists of fine-grained Upper Jurassic turbidite sands deposited over a tilted fault block.
- The produced gas has an H2S content of 10-20ppm and a CO2 content of 4-8.5%, and as such is classified as both ‘sour’ and corrosive.
+++ Links
- Rhum, BP
- Aker Solutions Umbilical References
- Saipem Europe Pipeline References
- BiFab Subsea References
- FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
- Saipem awarded new offshore construction contracts amounting to 285 million USD
- £35 Million Contract to Develop UK’s Largest Undeveloped Gas Reservoir and Extend Life of BP Bruce Platform
- BP Suspends Production from Rhum Gas Field
- Rhum North Sea gas field to restart production
