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Summary Information
* Operator: Total
* Country: UK
* Location: North Sea, 160 kilometres east of the Shetland Islands
* Production start: 1987
* Partners:
* Type: Oil, Gas and Condensate
* Estimated Reserves:
* Production Volume:

+++ Description
* Alwyn North, Dunbar, Ellon, Forvie, Grant, Islay, Jura, Nuggets, and Otter are the fields that form the portfolio in the Alwyn Area of the Northern North Sea.
* 160km east of the Shetland Islands and 440km north-east of Aberdeen,they’re producing approximately 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day
* Oil from Alwyn is transported via [[Cormorant Oil Field | Cormorant Alpha]] and the [[Brent System Oil Pipeline]] to the [[Sullom Voe Oil Terminal]] in Shetland.
* Gas is transported via the [[Frigg UK Gas Pipeline System]] to the [[Fuka St Fergus Gas Processing Terminal]] near Peterhead
** **Alwyn North** is the hub of the Alwyn Area and the support centre for neighbouring fields. Alwyn North consists of two platforms - NAA and NAB. NAA is the drilling and accommodation platform. NAB is the processing and treatment platform.
** **Dunbar** consists of a single Small Steel Manned Platform -
** **Nuggets:** Consists of four isolated subsea wells within four gas-bearing accumulations. The Nuggets wells are controlled from the Dunbar platform and are linked by subsea pipelines to Alwyn North
** **Forvie North:** A single well in the Brent Formation, via a sub-sea manifold. A new, 15 inch high-pressure gas-condensate link has been constructed from Forvie to Alwyn North

+++ Contractors
* **RGC Offshore:** Construction of Alwyn North NAA & NAB Platforms
* **THOF:** Construction of Dunbar platform
* **Bibby Offshore:** Ellon & Grant Nuggets Well Restart
* **BiFab:**
** Dunbar Separator Module
** Dunbar-Ellon/Subsea Choke Manifold and Protection Cover
* **Heerema Marine Contractors:** Installation of North Alwyn A
* **Saipem:** Dunbar Integrated Deck EPC
* **McDermott-ETPM:** Dunbar to N. Alwyn Pipeline

+++ History
* 1982 - North Alwyn development approved by UK government
* 1987 - First production from North Alwyn
* 1992 - Dunbar Oil Field development approved by UK government
* 1994 - Dunbar production starts
* 1998 - Grant Condensate Field development approved by UK government
* 2003 - First gas from Nugget N4
* 2005 - Forvie North development approved by UK government
* 2002 - Forvie North discovered
* 2006 - First production from Forvie North
* 2007 - Launch Of The Development Of The Jura Field

+++ Geology
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+++ Links

# [http://www.uk.total.com/pdf/Library/PUBLICATIONS/Library-AlwynBrochure.pdf Alwyn Brochure]
# [[List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK]]
# [[List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK]]
# [[Bibby Offshore Subsea References]]
# [[FoundOcean Europe Subsea References]]
# [[Saipem Europe Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project R]]
# [[BiFab Platform References]]
# [[Serimax Pipeline References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:start-up-of-nuggets-n4-sets-new-north-sea-record Start-Up Of Nuggets N4 Sets New North Sea Record]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:total-announces-start-up-of-the-forvie-north-field Total Announces Start-Up Of The Forvie North Field]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:uk-north-sea:total-announces-two-promising-discoveri UK North Sea: Total announces two promising discoveries in the Alwyn area]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:total-announces-the-launch-of-the-development-of-the Total Announces The Launch Of The Development Of The Jura Field]

Greater Alwyn Oil and Gas Fields - Revision history

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