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=== Summary Information ===
 
* Operator: Nexen  
 
* Operator: Nexen  
 
* Country: UK
 
* Country: UK
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* Production Volume:  
 
* Production Volume:  
  
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=== Description ===
* The development consists of one production well and one water injection well.
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* Production from the Blackbird field was processed through the floating production, storage and offloading vessel [[Aoka Mizu FPSO]] at the [[Ettrick Oil and Gas Field]].
* Production from the Blackbird field is processed through the floating production, storage and offloading vessel [[[Aoka Mizu FPSO]]] at the [[[Ettrick Oil And Gas Field]]].  
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* The development was produced via two production wells and one water injection well, all tied back to the FPSO via the Ettrick Drill Centre Manifold (EDCM).
* Gas produced from the field is exported to the [[[Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline]]].
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* Gas produced from the field is exported to the [[Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline]].
  
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=== Contractors ===
 
* **First Subsea:** Front-end engineering and design (FEED)
 
* **First Subsea:** Front-end engineering and design (FEED)
 
* **KWsubsea:** 7" and 3" flexible pipelines (6km)
 
* **KWsubsea:** 7" and 3" flexible pipelines (6km)
  
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=== History ===
 
* 2008 - Blackbird Oil And Gas Field discovered
 
* 2008 - Blackbird Oil And Gas Field discovered
 
* 2010 - Blackbird appraisal well was spudded
 
* 2010 - Blackbird appraisal well was spudded
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* 2011 - Project development approved by DECC
 
* 2011 - Project development approved by DECC
 
* 2011 - First production
 
* 2011 - First production
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* 2016 - Cessation of Production was approved
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* 2017 - Approval granted for decommissioning
  
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=== Geology ===
 
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=== Links ===
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# [[UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes]]
 
# [[KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis]]
 
# [[KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis]]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:discovery-made-on-blackbird-by-20-2a-8-exploration-w Discovery made on Blackbird, by 20/2a-8 exploration well, in UK Licence P.317]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:discovery-made-on-blackbird-by-20-2a-8-exploration-w Discovery made on Blackbird, by 20/2a-8 exploration well, in UK Licence P.317]

Revision as of 17:42, 26 June 2024

Summary Information

  • Operator: Nexen
  • Country: UK
  • Location: Central North Sea
  • Production start: 2011
  • Partners: Atlantic Petroleum
  • Type: Oil & Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

Contractors

  • **First Subsea:** Front-end engineering and design (FEED)
  • **KWsubsea:** 7" and 3" flexible pipelines (6km)

History

  • 2008 - Blackbird Oil And Gas Field discovered
  • 2010 - Blackbird appraisal well was spudded
  • 2010 - Partners approve the development
  • 2011 - Project development approved by DECC
  • 2011 - First production
  • 2016 - Cessation of Production was approved
  • 2017 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Geology

Links

  1. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
  2. KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
  3. Discovery made on Blackbird, by 20/2a-8 exploration well, in UK Licence P.317
  4. Successful appraisal of Blackbird discovery on UK Licence P317, Block 20/2a
  5. P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces Company's approval for the Blackbird field development
  6. Innovative First Subsea connector for Nexen Petroleum UK Blackbird field umbilical tieback
  7. First Oil from the Blackbird Field