Rita Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Harbour Energy
• Country: UK
• Location: block 44, 80km off the coast of Hull
• Production start: 2009
• Partners:
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The field is no longer in production
• The Rita development involves a single bilateral subsea horizontal well, tied back to the ConocoPhillips operated Caister Murdoch System (CMS) subsea infrastructure at Hunter via a circa 14 km long, 8-inch NB carbon steel flowline.
• The project was the first successful completion of a dual lateral well in a carboniferous reservoir in the UK Continental Shelf.

Contractors

• Penspen: Detailed Design
• KWsubsea: 8" Pipeline (14km)

History

• 2008 - Project development approved by UK Government
• 2009 - First gas produced
• 2016 - Premier Oil acquired EON's share
• 2021 - Premier Oil and Chrysaor merge to create Harbour Energy
• 2021 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. E.ON E&P operated fields
2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
3. Penspen Offshore And Platform References
4. KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
5. Acquisition of UK North Sea Assets from E.ON
6. Harbour Energy to be admitted to trading