Amethyst Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Perenco
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 1990
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field consists of Amethyst East & Amethyst West, with each section having two unmanned platforms. The platforms are A1D, A2D, B1D & C1D
- Amethyst Gas Field acts as a hub for a number of satellites including the Rose Field and the Helvellyn Gas Field.
- The Helvellyn field comprises one gas field and is in the Southern Basin of the UKCS in licence P001, Block 47/10a. The development consisted of a single subsea well which is completed with a subsea production tree protected by an over-trawlable structure which ties back to the Amethyst A2D platform.
- The Rose field (block 47/15), wholly owned by Centrica, comprises a single subsea well (47/15b�6W) tied back to the Amethyst A2D platform via a 9.042km long, 10” nominal bore pipeline.
- Gas is transported by subsea pipeline to the Easington Gas Processing Terminal
Contractors
- **UIE:** B1-D & C1-D Platforms
- **Heerema:** A1D and A2D Platforms
- **Stolt Offshore:** Pipelines
- **NOS:** Amethyst A1D and A2D Platform Cable Supports
History
- 1988 - Field development approval awarded
- 1990 - First gas produced
- 2001 - Rose gas field discovered
- 2003 - Development approval given for Rose
- 2004 - First gas from Rose field
- 2009 - BP acquired BG Groups stake
- 2012 - Perenco acquired the field from BP
- 2015 - Decommissioning approval for Rose
- 2020 - Decommissioning approval for Amethyst
- 2024 - Decommissioning approval for Helvellyn
Geology
- The reservoir sands are from the prolific Rotliegendes Leman sandstone
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- BG Group Announces New Gas Discovery In Southern North Sea
- Centrica produces first gas from Rose field
- BP agrees sale of southern gas assets to Perenco
- BP Agrees Sale of Southern Gas Assets to Perenco
