Tweedsmuir Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Repsol
- Country: UK
- Location: central North Sea, Block 21/1aN
- Production start: 2007
- Partners: Talisman - 94.43% , First Oil Expro - 5.57%
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Tweedsmuir field was developed using four wells with each field having a horizontal production well and a deviated water injection well
- It is subsea tieback to the Talisman- operated Piper B facility some 55 kilometres to the north
+++ Contractors
- **AMEC:** detailed engineering, procurement and installation of modifications to the Piper B platform
- **Technip:** Project manage, install and pre-commission a 54km 10” lined water injection pipeline, a piggybacked 4” gas lift pipeline and a 6km 10” lined water injection pipeline. Additionally, a primary umbilical (54km) and two in-field umbilicals (5km / 6km) will be installed. The scope of work also includes the installation of spool pieces and two manifolds (175 / 85 tonnes)
- **Saipem:** Pipeline installation
- **UniversalPegasus:** Detailed engineering design services
- **Aker Solutions:** Umbilicals
- **Penspen:** Tweedsmuir Development Subsea FEED
+++ History
- 1983 - Tweedsmuir was first discovered
- 2002 - The main reservoir discovered
- 2004 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 2005 - AMEC awarded detailed engineering, procurement and installation contract
- 2005 - Technip awarded subsea contract
- 2005 - Development drilling began on the project
- 2007 - First oil produced
- 2015 - Repsol became a partner by acquiring Talisman Sinopec
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Universalpegasus Subsea References
- Aker Solutions Umbilical References
- Penspen Offshore And Platform References
- KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
- AMEC Wins Talisman Tweedsmuir Contract to Modify Piper `B` Platform
- Technip awarded three contracts for subsea developments in the Norht Sea and offshore Ireland
- Saipem wins 550 million USD offshore contracts
- Talisman Energy Announces First Oil From Tweedsmuir
- Repsol reaches an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire the Canadian oil company