Triton Oil and Gas Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: Dana
• Country: UK
• Location: Central North Sea
• Production start: 2000
• Partners: Dana (51.966%), Shell UK (26.42%), Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited (20%) and Endeavour (1.614%)
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Triton FPSO produces oil and gas from the ** Bittern**, ** Guillemot West and North West**, **Clapham**, ** Pict** and ** Saxon** fields. It is located in the UK Central North Sea, Block 21/30, approximately 120 miles east of Aberdeen.
• Gas is processed and compressed before being brought onshore to St Fergus via the Fulmar Gas Pipeline

+++ Contractors

• **Kvaerner:** Overall construction contract
• **Samsung Heavy Industries:** Hull Construction
• **Sembawang Shipyard:** Modification

+++ History

• 1998 - Government approval for Bittern & Guillemot
• 2000 - First oil produced
• 2002 - Approval for Clapham
• 2012 - Dana becomes operator of Triton FPSO
• 2017 - Tailwind Energy acquired stakes from Shell and Exxon
• 2023 - Serica acquired Tailwind

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. First Oil Through Triton FPSO
3. Dana becomes operator of Triton FPSO
4. Tailwind Energy buys out Shell, Exxon at Triton
5. Serica Energy PLC Proposed Acquisition of Tailwind Energy Investments Ltd