North Atlantic
| Corrib Gas Field | ||
The Sedco 711 was used to drill the Corrib field. |
A schematic of the Corrib field development. |
The drillfloor of the Sedco. |
Control console for the underwater cameras. |
The pipeline landfall. |
Map of the Corrib area. |
| Endeavour Well Drilling Project | ||
The Endeavour well drilling project is located approximately 60 miles offshore, off the east coast of Trinidad. |
Challenger Energy Corporation, along with its partners, started drilling operations for the Endeavour well on 28 August 2008. |
Endeavour is one of the world's largest gas fields, which will result in a significant gas reserve, meeting the energy needs of Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Foinaven Oil Field | ||
Foinaven is the first deepwater development made beyond the continental shelf. |
MSV Norlift, operating in the Foinaven field, with Lolair in the background. |
The Petrojarl Foinaven FPSO, producing to the west of Shetland. |
The Petrojarl Foinaven during offloading operations. |
Flexible turret hoses, connected to the swivel on the Petrojarl IV. |
One of the Foinaven subsea assemblies, fabricated by Babcock. |
An Eccofloat mooring spring buoy, deployed by Petrojarl IV. |
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| Liverpool Bay Oil and Gas Fields | ||
The three-platform Douglas complex, sited 24km from the North Wales coast, is the nerve centre of the offshore development. |
The Lennox satellite platform. Lennox (oil and gas) is one of the four fields in BHP Petroleum's Liverpool Bay Development. |
The Hamilton satellite platform. Hamilton (gas) is one of the four fields in BHP Petroleum's Liverpool Bay Development. |
BHP Petroleum's Liverpool Bay oil storage installation (OSI) is an 870,000bbl-capacity tanker . |
The Point of Ayr gas-processing terminal is part of BHP Petroleum's integrated Liverpool Bay Development. |
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| Rivers Fields, East Irish Sea | ||
Artist's impression of the Millom platform. |
Lowering the legs on the Millom platform. |
Millom platform fabrication. |
Installation of the Millom platform. |
Assembling the Millom platform. |
Map of the East Irish Sea fields. |
Preparing for the Millom installation. |
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| Schiehallion Oil Field | ||
The Schiehallion field, with the FPSO in the foreground. |
The main control room on the Schiehallion. |
Schematic of the reservoir formation, with the horizontal production well. |
Subsea layout, showing how the centres are connected to the FPSO. |
The Schiehallion FPSO is the world’s largest new-build vessel of its type. It is capable of storing 950,000 barrels of oil. |
Sections of the largest studless mooring chain link ever-ordered for Schiehallion's mooring array. |
