Huntington Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Harbour Energy
• Country: UK
• Location: central North Sea
• Production start: 2013
• Partners: E.ON E&P (operator, 25%), Premier (40%), Noreco (20%) and Iona Energy (15%)
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume: 30,000 bpd

Description

• The field is no longer in production
• The Huntington Field was a subsea development located in block 22/14b in the Central North Sea, 230km east-northeast of Aberdeen, in a water depth of approximately 89 metres. The Field was tied back to the Voyageur Spirit FPSO, where produced fluids were processed.
• Gas was used for gas lift, fuel and exported to the CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant TGPP.
• Stabilised crude oil was exported via shuttle tankers.

Contractors

• Wood Group: Five year operations and maintenance contract to provide asset management services for the FPSO
• Xodus: FEED study
• Subsea 7: Installation of 12km of the 8-inch Gas Export pipeline, installation of infield flexible flowlines, main static umbilical and associated risers as well as installation of subsea structures followed by tie-ins, pre-commissioning and system testing.
• Sevan Marine: FPSO Voyageur Spirit upgrade

History

• 2007 - Completion of the first stage of appraisal drilling
• 2009 - Premier acquired a share of the field on acquiring Oilexco
• 2010 - Letter of Intent signed for FPSO
• 2010 - Wood Group has been awarded a five year operations and maintenance contract to provide asset management services for the FPSO
• 2012 - Voyageur Spirit FPSO set sail for the field
• 2012 - Iona Energy acquired 15% from Carrizo Oil & Gas
• 2013 - Huntington – first oil announced
• 2016 - Premier Oil acquired EON's share
• 2020 - The field was shut down
• 2021 - Premier Oil and Chrysaor merge to create Harbour Energy
• 2021 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Geology

• Three discoveries in three horizons have been made in the licence; the Forties formation, the Fulmar formation and the Triassic Skagerrak formation

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
2. CIMC Raffles FPSO References
3. United Kingdom, Exploration & Production, E.ON
4. Completion of first stage of appraisal drilling on Huntington discovery
5. Xodus wins FEED study for major Huntington oil field
6. Letter of Intent signed for FPSO Sevan Voyageur for Huntington development
7. Wood Group Awarded Five Year Operations and Maintenance Contract for FPSO Sevan Voyageur on Huntington field
8. Subsea 7 Announces Contract for E.ON in North Sea
9. Sail away of the FPSO Voyageur Spirit
10. Carrizo Oil & Gas Announces Sale of Its Interest in the Huntington Field in the UK North Sea for $184 Million
11. Huntington TEG dehydration Module
12. Noreco reports that subsea preparations completed and commissioning activities are underway at the Huntington field development
13. Huntington – first oil
14. Acquisition of UK North Sea Assets from E.ON
15. Harbour Energy to be admitted to trading