Tartan Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Repsol
• Country: UK
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• Partners:
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
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Description

• The field is no longer producing
• The Tartan Development Area comprises a number of fields; tied back to the Tartan A Platform located in Block 15/16, approximately 140km east of the nearest Scottish coastline and in a water depth of approximately 138m.
• The fields include Tartan, Highlander, Duart Oil Field, Petronella and Galley Oil Field.
• From the Tartan A platform, the processed oil is exported via the Claymore Platform to the Flotta Oil Terminal.
• In addition, a gas export/import pipeline ties into the Frigg UK Gas Pipeline System.
• The Tartan Development Area consists of 92 wells; 21 Platform wells and 71 subsea wells

Contractors

• RGC: Platform construction
• William Press/Burntisland: Module construction
• Bibby Offshore: Power cable installation & Tartan/Highlander Spool installation & tie ins
• Technip: Tartan subsea
• Heerema Marine Contractors: Highlander Template

History

• 1979 - Development approval granted
• 1983 - Highlander development approved
• 1986 - Approval for Petronella
• 2000 - Talisman Agrees With Texaco to Acquire Tartan & Satellite Fields
• 2007 - Galley redeveloped as a subsea tie in to Tartan Alpha
• 2012 - Oil leak from the pipeline connecting the Galley subsea field to the Tartan Alpha Installation
• 2015 - Repsol became a partner by acquiring Talisman Sinopec
• 2022 - Approval granted for decommissioning

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. UK Oil and Gas Field Approved Decommissioning Programmes
3. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
4. Bibby Offshore Subsea References
5. FoundOcean Europe Subsea References
6. International Protective Coatings Platform References
7. Talisman Agrees With Texaco to Acquire Tartan Fields
8. Talisman Energy Confirms Duart Field Development and Galley Field Redevelopment in the North Sea
9. North Sea Oil Sheen Reported
10. Repsol reaches an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire the Canadian oil company