Gryphon Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Total
- Country: UK
- Location: North Sea
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
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+++ Description
The Gryphon field is in Quad 9 and is located approximately 201 miles north east of Aberdeen at a water depth of 112m. It is primarily in block 9/18b although a small portion extends into 9/18c. The field was discovered in 1987 with first production in October 1993.
- Oil production peaked in 1995 ca. 50,000bbl/d.
- It is serviced by the Gryphon Alpha floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO) which also has subsea tiebacks from Tullich, Maclure Oil Field and Ballindalloch developments.
- The oil is stored in cargo tanks in the hull and exported by tanker.
- Gas is exported via the Leadon pipeline to the Beryl Alpha platform, where it is transported to shore via the SAGE system.
In 2011 Gryphon was put into dry-dock for extensive upgrades and production was re-started in May 2013.
+++ Contractors
- **Astano:** Construction of FPSO hull
- **McNulty Offshore:** Construction of topsides
+++ History
- 1992 - Field development planned approved
- 2002 - Development consent given for Tullich
- 2002 - Maclure Oil Field started production
- 2005 - Maersk acquires the field from Kerr-McGee
- 2011 - Field temporarily shutdown after FPSO is damaged in storm
- 2013 - Production resumes following repairs to the FPSO
- 2017 - Total acquires Maersk and becomes operator
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group acquires UK North Sea oil and gas interests
- Maersk Oil’s Gryphon FPSO to be docked for repairs
- Maersk Oil UK Gryphon FPSO back in production
- Total acquires Maersk Oil for $7.45 billion in a share and debt transaction
