Vega Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Edison
• Country: Italy
• Location: Sicilian Channel
• Production start: 1987
• Partners: Edison with a 60% working interest (Eni is the partner with 40%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• Vega field is located in the Sicilian Channel, 20 km south of Pozzallo (RG).
• The Vega cluster consists of Vega A, the field currently in production, and the yet to be developed Vega B field.
• Vega A was developed with 24 wells, a platform located in 130 metres of water designed to process 60.000 barrels of oil per day and a floating storage and offloading tanker (Leonis) with a capacity of 110,000 tons to temporary store production.
• The crude oil is transported from the Leonis to refineries by tankers shuttles.

+++ Contractors

• **Tecon:** Well-head and Separation Modules weighing 1100t and 1300t - Structural basic and de-tail design
• **ICS:** Installation
• **Micoperi:** Clamps and J-tube installation on Vega A, clamps and risers installation on SPM

+++ History

• 1987 - First production

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Exploration and production, Edison
2. Offshore Platforms in Italy
3. Tecon Platform References
4. ABB FPSO References
5. Micoperi Offshore And Platform References
6. FoundOcean Europe Subsea References