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=== Summary Information ===
 
* Operator: Fairfield  
 
* Operator: Fairfield  
 
* Country: UK  
 
* Country: UK  
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=== Description ===
* Merlin is a subsea tie-back to [[Dunlin Oil Field]]
 
  
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* The Merlin subsea field is located 7 km north-west of [[Dunlin Oil Field | Dunlin Alpha platform]] in block 211/23a and 211/23b in a water depth of 150 m. There are three production wells in a daisy-chain arrangement linked by a production pipeline to a crossover manifold. Flexible jumpers extend from the crossover manifold to tee connections on the Osprey risers, which terminate at Dunlin Alpha. A single water injection well is linked to the Osprey water injection pipeline by a flexible flowline via a Y-piece connecting spool
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=== Contractors ===
 
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=== History ===
 
* 1997 - Government approval for field development
 
* 1997 - Government approval for field development
 
* 1997 - First oil
 
* 1997 - First oil
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* 2017 - Approval granted for decommissioning
 
* 2017 - Approval granted for decommissioning
  
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=== Geology ===
 
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=== Links ===
 
# [http://www.fairfield-energy.com/pages/view/dunlin Dunlin, Fairfield]
 
# [http://www.fairfield-energy.com/pages/view/dunlin Dunlin, Fairfield]
 
# [[UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes]]
 
# [[UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes]]

Latest revision as of 09:01, 19 June 2024

Summary Information

  • Operator: Fairfield
  • Country: UK
  • Location: 195km north-east of Shetland
  • Production start: 1997
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The Merlin subsea field is located 7 km north-west of Dunlin Alpha platform in block 211/23a and 211/23b in a water depth of 150 m. There are three production wells in a daisy-chain arrangement linked by a production pipeline to a crossover manifold. Flexible jumpers extend from the crossover manifold to tee connections on the Osprey risers, which terminate at Dunlin Alpha. A single water injection well is linked to the Osprey water injection pipeline by a flexible flowline via a Y-piece connecting spool

Contractors

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History

  • 1997 - Government approval for field development
  • 1997 - First oil
  • 1999 - Addition of water injection and second production well
  • 2001 - Third production well
  • 2007 - Shell / Esso decide to sell the field
  • 2008 - Fairfield acquired the field
  • 2017 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Geology

Links

  1. Dunlin, Fairfield
  2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
  3. Shell and Esso to market selected North Sea assets
  4. Fairfield to Acquire Shell and Esso Interests in North Sea Fields
  5. Fairfield Energy Completes Dunlin Area Acquisition