When was Clair Ridge installed and where?

When was Clair Ridge installed and where?

The field contains an estimated 8 billion barrels of oil, with an estimated 120,000 barrels per day production at peak levels. In June 2013, the Clair Ridge platform jackets left Kværner’s Verdal Yard in Norway and they were successfully installed in August 2013. First oil was announced on 23 November 2018.

Who owns Clair Ridge?

BP
The Clair Ridge development project is owned by the operator BP (45.1%), Shell (28%), Chevron (19.4%), and Conoco Phillips (7.5%).

Where is Clair Ridge platform?

Shetland Islands
The Clair Ridge Project is the second-phase development of the Clair field, which is located approximately 75km west of the Shetland Islands in the UK.

What is Clair Ridge?

Clair Ridge is the second phase development of the giant Clair field, located 75 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. 11:14. Clair Ridge safely started up in November 2018, targeting 640 million barrels of recoverable resource and peak production of 120,000 barrels of oil a day.

What is the tallest oil rig in the world?

The world’s tallest offshore drilling platform, dubbed Bullwinkle, weighs 50,000 tons and is 1,365 feet long. After its two drilling rigs are installed in the Gulf of Mexico, it will weigh 78,000 tons and stand 1,615 feet high – 161 feet higher than the world’s tallest building, Chicago’s Sears Tower.

What is the largest oil rig in the world?

The Hibernia platform in Canada is the world’s largest (in terms of weight) offshore platform, located on the Jeanne D’Arc Basin, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.

Who is the contractor for the Clair Ridge platform?

Emerson Process Management was awarded a contract worth $23m for providing the automated integrated control systems for the Clair Ridge platform in May 2012. Amec Foster Wheeler was awarded an $87m hook-up and commissioning services contract for the two Clair Ridge platforms in March 2013.

Where is the Clair Ridge Project in the UK?

The Clair Ridge Project is the second phase development of the Clair field, approximately 75km west of the Shetland Islands, UK. Credit: BP. The Clair Ridge Project is the second-phase development of the Clair field, which is located approximately 75km west of the Shetland Islands in the UK.

How is the Clair Ridge oil field being developed?

Clair Ridge Project development details The project primarily involves the installation of two bridge-linked platforms at a water depth of approximately 140m, the drilling of 36 wells (26 producing wells and ten water injectors) and a tie-in to the existing Clair phase one export pipeline system via three eight-slot subsea manifolds.

Where does Clair Ridge gas supply come from?

The gas produced from Clair Ridge is transmitted through a 14.6km-long and 6in-diameter diameter gas export pipeline connecting the West of Shetland Pipeline Systems (WOSPS), which also supplies gas to the Sullom Voe terminal. AMEC was engaged for the conceptual engineering studies for the Clair Ridge project from 2008 to 2009.