Kyle Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Canadian Natural Resources
• Country: UK
• Location: central North Sea
• Production start: 2000
• Partners: Premier 40%
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume: 20,000 bopd

Description

• The field is no longer producing
• The oil and gas produced was initially processed on the Maersk Curlew FPSO which is located on the nearby Curlew Gas and Condensate Field, but was later tied back to the Petrojarl Banff FPSO
• Gas was exported via the CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline

Contractors

• PGS: "Ramform Banff" FPSO services

History

• 1993 - The Kyle field was discovered by Mobil
• 1995 - Premier acquired a 20% interest in the P748 licence, which contains the Kyle oil field, through its acquisition of Pict
• 1998 - Government approvals granted
• 2000 - Start of oil production
• 2000 - Agreement signed with Maersk to utilise the Curlew FPSO
• 2001 - Start up of full production
• 2011 - Production halted after bad weather damaged the FPSO
• 2021 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
3. Premier Oil, UK North Sea
4. PGS To Produce Ranger's Kyle Field
5. Kyle Field Well Test
6. PGS Announces Extended Well Test on Kyle Field
7. Heads of Agreement Signed for Full, Life-of-Field, Development of the Kyle Oil Field, UK North Sea
8. Interim Production Commences on Kyle Field
9. Kyle Field Update
10. Premier Commences Oil Production from Kyle Field