Schooner Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Tullow
• Country: UK
• Location: southern North Sea
• Production start:
• Partners: Faroe Petroleum
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The field is no longer producing
• A total of 10 wells have been drilled from the normally un-manned Schooner platform
• The Topaz Gas Field is a tie back to the Schooner platform
• Gas is transported to the Theddlethorpe Gas Processing Plant via the Caister-Murdoch System (“CMS”) infrastructure

Contractors

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History

• 1994 - Project development approved by UK Government
• 1996 - First gas produced
• 2005 - Tullow acquired 90.35% stake in the field
• 2010 - Faroe Petroleum increased its stake to 6.96%
• 2014 - Faroe increased its stake to 60%
• 2019 - DNO acquired Faroe and became a partner
• 2019 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. Schooner Gas Field (UK Blocks 44/26a and 43/30a) - Faroe Petroleum
2. List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
3. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
4. Tullow Completes Schooner and Ketch Transaction
5. Tullow to Acquire Shell and ExxonMobil Interests in Schooner and Ketch Fields and Associated Acreage
6. Acquisition of Interest in Producing Blane Oil Field and Exploration Farm Out
7. Sale of UK gas assets
8. Tullow Oil completes partial sale of UK Schooner and Ketch gas assets
9. DNO to make cash offer for all shares of Faroe Petroleum plc