Tartan Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Repsol
• Country: UK
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• Partners:
• Type: Oil
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Description

• The field is no longer producing
• The Tartan platform also acts a a production centre for the Highlander and Petronella subsea satellite fields
• Since 2007, the Galley Oil Field has also been a tie back and the Duart Oil Field was also a satellite.
• Oil is exported via Claymore to the Flotta Oil Terminal

Contractors

• RGC: Platform construction
• William Press/Burntisland: Module construction
• Bibby Offshore: Power cable installation & Tartan/Highlander Spool installation & tie ins
• Technip: Tartan subsea
• Heerema Marine Contractors: Highlander Template

History

• 1979 - Development approval granted
• 1983 - Highlander development approved
• 1986 - Approval for Petronella
• 2000 - Talisman Agrees With Texaco to Acquire Tartan & Satellite Fields
• 2007 - Galley redeveloped as a subsea tie in to Tartan Alpha
• 2012 - Oil leak from the pipeline connecting the Galley subsea field to the Tartan Alpha Installation
• 2015 - Repsol became a partner by acquiring Talisman Sinopec
• 2022 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
3. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
4. Bibby Offshore Subsea References
5. FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
6. International Protective Coatings Platform References
7. Talisman Agrees With Texaco to Acquire Tartan Fields
8. Talisman Energy Confirms Duart Field Development and Galley Field Redevelopment in the North Sea
9. North Sea Oil Sheen Reported
10. Repsol reaches an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire the Canadian oil company