Gryphon Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Total
• Country: UK
• Location: North Sea
• Production start: 1993
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

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 Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Pipeline.

Contractors

• Astano: Construction of FPSO hull
• McNulty Offshore: Construction of topsides

History

• 1987 - Gryphon filed discovered
• 1992 - Field development planned approved
• 1993 - First oil produced
• 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
• 2018 - Approval granted for Ballindalloch

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
3. List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
4. The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group acquires UK North Sea oil and gas interests
5. Maersk Oil’s Gryphon FPSO to be docked for repairs
6. Maersk Oil UK Gryphon FPSO back in production
7. Total acquires Maersk Oil for $7.45 billion in a share and debt transaction