The combined development of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields was sanctioned in April 1996 and the oil production started on 29 July 1998. Tampnet operate the largest offshore high capacity communication network in the world and serve more than 350 oil & gas platforms, floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs), vessels and exploration rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as on the Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and the UK continental shelves of the North Sea. Known as Glen Lyon, it will be able to hold 900,000 barrels of oil and compress 220 million cubic feet of gas a day. Over time, it would be progressively expanded to 51 subsea wells located over five drill centers before production would eventually be suspended in 2013 for the redevelopment. The Schiehallion FPSO was sold to a third-party and eventually sent to Alang shipbreaking yard in India, which is notorious for the unsafe disposal of vessels and materials related to the oil and gas industry. The firm, which posted a video of the naming ceremony, held at the end of September, has been constructing the vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in Ulsan, South Korea. 21 Apr 2015 'Deepsea Aberdeen' begins drilling contract on Quad 204 field development. The contracts are due to start in the first half of 2017. Schiehallion FPSO, Glen Lyon FPSO Tanker West of Shetland gas pipeline Jul 1998, May 2017 BP In production using Glen Lyon FPSO Solan oil field: 205/26 Solan Platform Storage tank then tanker None Apr 2016 Premier Oil Tormore condensate field 205/5a Total Northern North Sea oil fields. The Schiehallion and Loyal fields have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 million barrels of resource is still available, more than was originally thought. The remainder is enriched with liquefied petroleum gas and exported to the Magnus platform for enhanced oil recovery in Magnus field. [1], After more than a decade working in the harsh North Atlantic, the Schiehallion FPSO was in a poor condition, and required significant maintenance and repairs, which could only be performed in the summer season because of the hostile weather in the region. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. With further projects beginning production through to the end of the decade, BP expects approximately 800,000 boe/d production from new projects by 2020. OE Staff Aibel and Reach Subsea operate within the same market segments, yet have a different client base. The first oil has been produced from the redeveloped Schiehallion field, which BP says could unlock 450 million barrels. Tampnet operate the largest offshore high capacity communication network in the world and serve more than 350 oil & gas platforms, floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs), vessels and exploration rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as on the Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and the UK continental shelves of the North Sea. Finance; Exploration and Production; Home. The vessel has a dead-weight of 154,000 tonnes (152,000 long tons; 170,000 short tons), a processing capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (32,000 m3/d), and a storage capacity of 900,000 barrels (140,000 m3). Gas from the First Stage Separator is routed to the high pressure (HP) compression and gas from the Second Stage Separator is routed to the low pressure (LP) compression. Separated oil from the First Stage Separator was further heated then routed to the horizontal 3-phase Second Stage Separator. Known as Glen Lyon, it will be able to hold 900,000 barrels of oil and compress 220 million cubic feet of gas a day. See more ideas about Norway, Oil platform, Oil rig. Give us a call today for our current prices on all of our petroleum products at 570-474-6635. Some of the exported gas is used as fuel in the Fortum operated Sullom Voe power station. From here oil was then transferred to an Electrostatic Coalescer where further produced water was removed from the oil stream. Drilling Deep. The magazine covers all areas of the offshore industry, from policy to platforms, research to rig retirement. A test separator is also provided for well testing. [2], Oil and gas are produced from subsea wells via manifolds and rigid flowlines to a location underneath the vessel. [1], Well fluid from the production swivels was routed to two parallel oil production trains. This involves offtake and transport of produced oil produced from the newGlen Lyon FPSO, probably via two shuttle tankers.. It is a 20 million barrels of oil equivalent field, which was originally forecast to produce 12,000 barrels gross of oil equivalent a day at peak. Haewene Brim Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) installation under repair Nigg Cromarty Firth Scotland. The vessel is on the verge of completion at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea and will soon embark on sea trials in South … There were also facilities for importing gas for use as fuel gas after heating and pressure reduction. It is currently being cared for bevvy of offshore support vessels. The Glen Lyon facility will anchor in the deep waters of the Atlantic, west of Shetland, and is expected to produce 400 million barrels of oil over the next two decades. New projects starting up through 2016 and 2017 are expected to deliver 500,000 boe/d net new production capacity for BP by the end of this year. Gas from the Slug Catcher was also routed to the First Stage Separator but without heating. The oil major has several operated UK North Sea assets, including the Clair and Clair Ridge platforms West of Shetland, along with the Schiehallion and Glen Lyon FPSOs. DSC00252. Nicolas Torres-December 11, 2014. The vessel is packed with technology to make production cheaper and with the oil price low, that's exactly what the industry is trying to achieve across the board. Stavangerfjord and Glen Lyon. As a consequence, Production was suspended at the start of 2013 to allow preparation for a £3 billion redevelopment of the greater Schiehallion field area. The vessel is on the verge of completion at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea and will soon embark on sea trials in South Korea in order to test its systems in open water. They can be found from the Caribbean to Norway, although a few are being repurposed into hotel resorts. Located 175 km (109 mi) west of the Shetland Isles in about 396 m (1,300 ft) of water, Schiehallion and Loyal were discovered in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Polymer flood enhanced oil recovery could also be used on the field. Nov 14, 2018 - Norway's great commodity. Posts tagged with "Glen Lyon" Tag: Glen Lyon. BP's Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) is nearly finished and due to sail away to the North Sea next month, BP has said in posts on social media.. Production is expected to ramp up through 2017 to a plateau level of 130,000 b/d via the newbuild Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel, built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, and described as the largest of its type. List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea, "Experience of a UK Shipyard in the 1990s Offshore Market", https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/ao726ind7u/shipbreaking, "BP looking to maximize production from Shetland area fields", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schiehallion_oilfield&oldid=973487729, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 13:58. [1], The design and construction of the Schiehallion FPSO vessel was contracted to the Atlantic Frontier Alliance, an ad hoc contracting consortium consisting of Harland and Wolff, SBM Offshore, and Brown and Root. HAMILTON, Bermuda – BP and partners Shell and OMV have awarded Teekay Offshore Partners new three-year shuttle tanker contracts related to the Quad204 project west of Shetland.. The contracts are due to start in the first half of 2017. Due to come onstream in 2016, the redevelopment will extend production from the hub beyond 2035. Brenda Wyllie, West of Shetland and Northern North Sea area manager at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), said: “The Oil and Gas Authority is pleased to consent to the development of the Alligin field. [1][2] Schiehallion is named after a mountain in the highlands. NeXus Oilfield Sand Coordinator... by nexuscoordinators. Wood Group wins $750 million BP contract. The vessel was constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and handed over to operator BP on 31 December 1997. by Syriax. The oil from the Slug Catcher was heated and routed to the horizontal 3-phase (oil, gas and produced water) First Stage Separator. A seven-year campaign of drilling for oil west of Shetland began yesterday, with BP announcing that the new semi-submersible rig Deepsea Aberdeen had begun operations in the Loyal oil field. There were two further stages of compression in the HP First Stage Gas Compressor and the HP Second Stage Gas Compressor. − Oil is ~26API; GOR 350 scf/stb; 4cp − Stacked Palaeocene turbidites at ~2000m TVDSS ... Aberdeen rig •6th Gen semi-sub •Long term rig commitment ... Glen Lyon FPSO on station Shut in prep Field shut- in First Oil Start-up. The contract was placed in June 1995. [5], Oil is exported primarily to the Sullom Voe Terminal by the dynamically positioned shuttle tanker Loch Rannoch delivered in August 1998, and operated by BP Shipping. A North Sea safety chief has revealed plans to assemble a new work group to tackle the thorny subject of offshore lifeboat evacuation training. by Handsome_Helicopter 3. oil platform in Black Sea. A seven-year campaign of drilling for oil west of Shetland began yesterday, with BP announcing that the new semi-submersible rig Deepsea Aberdeen had begun operations in the Loyal oil field. Production is expected to ramp up through 2017 to a plateau level of 130,000 b/d via the newbuild Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel, built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, and described as the largest of its type. A state-of-the-art FPSO, (the Glen Lyon), brand-new seabed infrastructure and world-leading subsea technology will play a major part in the redevelopment of these fields, … by Laura … The firm's new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Glen Lyon, has left Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in South Korea and started sea trials, ahead of setting sail for the UK sector.At 270m-long and 52m-wide, the unit is one of the largest FPSOs in the North Sea. DSC00326. Covid-19 Report — Updated twice a week Understanding the Covid-19 outbreak, the economic impact and implications for specific sectors. The Glen Lyon Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel [8], Oil Production Process Flow Diagram, undated. 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