Bittern Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Serica
• Country: UK
• Location: Central North Sea
• Production start: 2000
• Partners: Serica 64.63%, Dana Petroleum (operator) 32.95% and Waldorf 2.42%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• Bittern is an early Eocene reservoir at ~ 6,750 feet and lies in a water depth of ~305 feet. The field started producing in April of 2000.
• The subsea development has 5 production wells and two water injectors.
• Production is through the subsea manifolds tied back to the Triton FPSO
• Oil production is exported from the Triton FPSO via shuttle tanker and gas exported via the SEGAL gas line.

Contractors

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History

• 1996 - Bittern Oil Field discovered
• 1998 - Project development approved by UK Government
• 2000 - First oil production
• 2005 - Talisman acquires Paladin, getting a stake the field
• 2006 - Endeavour acquired 2.422% from Talisman
• 2010 - Dana acquires a 4.67% stake from Petro-Canada
• 2012 - Dana acquires a 28.28% stake from Hess
• 2015 - Endeavour announces it is looking for a buyer
• 2017 - Tailwind Energy acquired stakes from Shell and Exxon
• 2023 - Serica acquired Tailwind

Links

1. Fast Facts, Triton FPSO
2. First Oil Through Triton FPSO
3. Talisman to Acquire Paladin Resources Plc for Pounds Sterling 1,218 Million 'C$2,521 Million'
4. Talisman Energy Rationalizes North Sea Assets
5. Dana Acquires UKCS Interests From Petro-Canada UK Limited
6. Ocean Installer Wins Umbilical Installation Contract for Shell UK’s Bittern Field
7. Endeavour Announces Launch of Marketing Process for North Sea Assets
8. Tailwind Energy buys out Shell, Exxon at Triton
9. Serica Energy PLC Proposed Acquisition of Tailwind Energy Investments Ltd