Clair Field, Shetlands, United Kingdom
Key Data:
Location
Shetlands
Operator
BP
Discovered
1977
Located
75km west of Shetland
Water depths
150m
Area
220km²
Blocks
206/7a; 206/12; 206/8; 206/13a and 206/9
Wells drilled
Between 1977 and 1990, ten appraisal wells; between 1990 and 1995 a 3D seismic survey wells; from 1997, two wells and an extended well test
Development agreement
1997
Partners
BP; ConocoPhillips; ChevronTexaco; Enterprise; Amerada Hess
Geology
Fractured sandstones
Reservoir
Devonian to Carboniferous
Total volume of hydrocarbons in place
410 million metric tonnes
Gravity
22-23º API
Field segments
9
Maximum oil column
600m
Clair phase 1
Core, Graben and Horst reservoir areas
Estimated oil in place
1.75 billion barrels
Recoverable
250 million barrels
Wells
15 producing wells; 8 water injectors; 1 drill cuttings reinjection well
FEED contractor
Noble Drilling and Mustang Engineering
Jacket
Over the 206/8-10z well
Legs
4
Height
165m
Jacket fabrication
Aker Verdal
Topsides fabrication
Amec
Module fabrication
Leirvik Module Technology
Drill rig fabrication
Heerema Hartlepool
Design life
25 years
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