Viking Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Conoco
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 1972
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- Viking is situated in Blocks 49/12, 49/16 and 49/17.
- Viking consists of seven normally unmanned platforms in the Southern North Sea plus one manned main complex, Viking B, and the associated outlying **Vixen** subsea satellite.
- Vixen was developed by a subsea installation tied back to the Viking platform via an infield pipeline.
- The 1998 Phoenix project added the KD & LD platforms and four more wells
- The Victor Gas Field is also tied back to the Viking Platform
- Gas is exported to the Theddlethorpe Gas Processing Plant
+++ Contractors
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:**
- Construction of Viking BD Platform Module
- T & I of Viking ED Platform Module
- **Saipem:** Viking Pipeline (EPIC)
- **KWSubsea:** Detailed design of a 16" 27km gas export pipeline and 3" methanol piggyback system
- ETPM: Subsea installation for Phoenix project
- **FoundOcean:** Grouting for Phoenix project & BA Platform
- **J P Kenny:** Detailed design of the **Vixen** piled Wellhead Protection Structure (WHPS)
- **Global Maritime:**
- Warranty surveyor for installation of flowline - Viking - Replacement Project
- Warranty surveyor for installation of 12” piggybacked infield pipeline
+++ History
- 1968 - Viking Gas Field discovered
- 1972 - Field development plan approved
- 1972 - First gas produced
- 1999 - Permission granted for Vixen development
- 2014 - Decommissioning started
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Conocophillips, Fact Sheet Europe
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
- Saipem Europe Pipeline References
- International Protective Coatings Platform References
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- KWSubsea Subsea References
- J P Kenny Subsea References
- Global Maritime Pipeline References
- Serimax Pipeline References
- Offshore Petroleum Production And Pipe-Lines (Assessment Of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 Licence P 33 - Licence Having Effect Under The Petroleum Act 1998, The Vixen Field
