Stella Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Ithaca
- Country: UK
- Location: central North Sea
- Production start: 2017
- Partners:
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Greater Stella Area lies within United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) Block 30/06a, in the central North Sea. Block 30/06a is approximately 238km south east of Peterhead and 17km from the UK-Norway median line
- The development includes the Stella, Harrier and Hurricane fields
- The development scheme is likely to involve up to 5 production wells drilled from a sub-sea drilling centre on Stella and 2 further production wells drilled on Harrier. The Harrier centre will be tied back to the Stella where the hydrocarbons from both fields (oil and gas) will be combined
- The development solution will involve the use of the FPF-1 semi-submersible floating production unit, owned by Petrofac
- Gas is transported on the [[[Cats Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline | Central Area Transmission System ("CATS")]]] to the [[[Teesside Gas Processing Plant TGPP]]]
- The **Vorlich field** is being developed as an extension of the Stella develoment. Vorlich is a two-well development which will be tied back to the FPF-1 floating production facility
+++ Contractors
- **EPC Subsea:** Manufacture of drill centre manifolds, riser base structures and export pipeline tie in structures
- **Technip:** EPIC subsea contract
* Detailed design and pipelay of a 33 kilometre 10” oil export and 63 kilometer 10” gas export pipeline to the production platform, * Various subsea works to the Stella main drill center and North drill center including; * Installation of manifolds, tee structures, flexible pipelay and spoolpiece components, * Installation of the mooring system to the production platform and design and installation of five-slot mid water arch.
- **Vallourec:** Provision of seamless linepipe including coating and welding services
- **Applied Drilling Technology International:** Manage development drilling and completion operations
++++ Vorlich field
- **WorleyParsons:** front-end engineering design (FEED) for the subsea tieback
+++ History
- 2011 - Ithaca award EPC Subsea Facilities Management Contract
- 2012 - Field development approval awarded
- 2012 - Technip awarded an EPIC subsea contract
- 2017 - First hydrocarbons produced
- 2018 - Approval granted for the Vorlich development
+++ Geology
- Palaeocene Andrew sandstone reservoir
+++ Links
- Greater Stella Area Development Concept Selected
- Ithaca award EPC Subsea Facilities Management Contract
- Technip awarded substantial UK North Sea contract
- Vallourec provides Technip with integrated solutions for an Offshore Project in the Central North Sea
- Greater Stella Area Development Update
- Greater Stella Area Turnkey Drilling Contract
- Major milestone in the Greater Area Stella Development Achieved
- Successful Stella A2 Well Test Results and GSA Development Update
- Greater Stella Area Update
- Ithaca Energy successfully completes flow test operations on Stella A3 well
- Stella First Hydrocarbons
- BP receives OGA approval to develop Vorlich field in North Sea
- WorleyParsons awarded Ithaca’s Vorlich FEED