Kingfisher Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Shell
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start: 1997
• Partners:
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Kingfisher field lies in Block 16/8 of the UK Sector of the North Sea and comprises three reservoirs: Brae I (Gas/Condensate), Brae II (Volatile Oil) and Heather (Gas/Condensate).
• The Kingfisher field is located 280km Northeast of Aberdeen and was developed as a subsea tie-back to the Brae Bravo platform.
• The Kingfisher development comprises six subsea wells with rigid pipeline jumpers to a subsea manifold.
• Oil is exported via the Brae - Forties pipeline to the Forties Pipeline System
• Gas is transported to the SAGE St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal via the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline

Contractors

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History

• 1996 - Approval granted for development
• 1997 - Production started
• 2021 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes