West Sole Area Gas Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: Perenco
• Country: UK
• Location: Southern North Sea
• Production start:
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• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
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Description

• The West Sole Alpha platform consists of steel legged platforms, which includes process facilities and accommodation and receives gas and fluids from all of the associated tie-backs.
• Processed gas and some fluids are routed to the onshore Dimlington Gas Terminal located on the Yorkshire coast via a 71.9 kilometre 16 inch diameter pipeline (PL28), through the West Sole Alpha platform through a 68 kilometre 24 inch diameter pipeline (PL145) and through the Amethyst A2D platform via a 47.7km 30 inch diameter pipeline (PL649).
• Hyde, Hoton and Amethyst are tied back to the West Sole Hub

Contractors

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History

• 1967 - Approval granted for development
• 1993 - Hyde Platform installed
• 2001 - Approval granted for Hoton
• 2012 - Perenco acquired the fields from BP

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
3. BP agrees sale of southern gas assets to Perenco