Catcher Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Harbour Energy
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start: Expected 2017
• Partners: Harbour Energy - 50%, MOL 20%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The project will entail the drilling of 22 subsea wells (14 producers and 8 water injectors) on the Catcher, Varadero and Burgman fields which will be tied back to the Catcher FPSO
• The FPSO will have a processing capacity of 60,000 bopd and a storage capacity of 650,000 bbl
• The Bonneville & Carnaby discoveries will also be tied back to Catcher

Contractors

• **BW Offshore:** Delivery of the FPSO, mooring system, installation and operation
• **Xodus:** Subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
• **Subsea 7:**

* Provision of project management, engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and installation of Catcher’s subsea facilities. 
* The scope includes three pipeline Bundles incorporating Butting BuBi® Mechanically Lined Pipe, a riser system for the Catcher Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit, and installation of a 10”, 60 km gas export/import pipeline.

History

• 2010 - Catcher Oil Field discovered
• 2012 - Oil discovered in the Carnaby field
• 2013 - Oil discovered in the Bonneville field
• 2013 - MOL acquires Wintershall's 20% stake
• 2014 - BW Offshore awarded LOA for FPSO

Geology

• The oil is in cromarty age sandstones

Links

1. Drilling Update - Catcher discovery
2. Premier Oil Exploration Update
3. Carnaby Oil Discovery
4. Xodus Catches Premier Contract
5. Premier Oil Exploration drilling update
6. Enhancement of the exploration & production portfolio through North Sea acquisition
7. BW Offshore: Signed LOA for the Catcher FPSO
8. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded $460 million contract in North Sea
9. UK Government approval of Catcher
10. Premier is pleased to announce that first oil from the Catcher Area was safely achieved at 15.45 hours on 23 December 2017