Magnus EOR, Shetlands, United Kingdom
Key Data:
Location
Northern North Sea, 160km NE of the Shetland Islands
Block number
211/12
Water depth
186 metres
Size of field
Large - 795 million barrels and 288bcf recoverable
Discovered
March 1974
Development consent
December 1978
Number of platforms
1
Jacket weight
40,400 tonnes
Where built
Nigg Bay
Topsides weight
31,000 tonnes
Where built
1 continental and 4 British yards
Accommodation (beds)
194
Oil export pipeline
20-inch to Brent Alpha Northern Leg Gas Pipeline then FLAGS)
Start-up
August 1983
Peak
156,000bpd oil, 12,000bpd gas condensate, 60mmscf/d gas
Current production (1999)
80,000bpd
Development cost
£1.1 billion
Total height of platform from seabed to top of flarestack
312m
Drilled depth of wells
Up to 5,200m in deviated holes Directional drilling maximum deviation (platform wells): 85° Radius covered from platform: 3.8 km
Maximum design wave height: 100 yr storm
31m with 15-20 second period
Key Players:
Participants:
BP Amoco, Nippon, Agip, Talisman and Petrobras
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