Alma and Galia Oil Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: EnQuest
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start: 2015
• Partners:
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Alma/Galia fields are located in blocks 30/24c and 30/25c respectively, 310km southeast of Aberdeen, in the Central North Sea.
• Production is via the EnQuest Producer Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel Enquest Producer FPSO
• The field were previously called Duncan and Argyll Oil Fields

Contractors

• **Technip:**
  • Installation of two 10” production flexible flowlines, one 8” water injection flexible flowline and one further 8” production flexible flowline,
  • Installation of three 8” flexible risers,
  • Installation of two production control umbilicals/risers,
  • Installation of four power cables and associated dynamic risers,
  • Procurement, fabrication and installation of a 175 ton manifold structure,
  • Associated trenching operations, tie-ins, testing and commissioning.
• **Jumbo:** FPSO mooring, installation and hook-up contract

History

• 1983 - Duncan field development approved
• 1992 - Decommissioning was approved for the Duncan and Argyll Oil Fields
• 2012 - Field development approval given
• 2012 - Technip awarded subsea contract
• 2012 - Jumbo awarded FPSO mooring, installation and hook-up contract
• 2014 - FPSO mooring spread installed
• 2015 - First oil produced

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. Technip awarded contract for EnQuest’s Alma and Galia development in UK North Sea
3. Jumbo main installation contractor for EnQuest Producer
4. Jumbo installs North Sea FPSO mooring spread
5. Alma/Galia first oil