Armada Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Harbour Energy
• Country: UK
• Location: Central North Sea
• Production start: 1997
• Partners:
• Type: Gas & Condensate
• Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• Armada sits in Block 22/5b of the UK North Sea, 244 kilometres east of Aberdeen. It consists of the Drake, Hawkins and Fleming gas/condensate fields, with SW and NW Seymour, and Maria fields in the UK sector and the Rev and Gaupe fields (third-party fields) in the Norwegian sector tied back to Armada.
  • The complex originally comprised a single platform and the 4 gas/condensate fields (Fleming, Drake, Hawkins and South-West and Seymour)
• The Maria Field was later added. Maria is a two-well subsea development
• The Gaupe Oil and Gas Field has been tied back to the Armada platform
• The Repsol operated Rev Gas and Condensate Field is also tied back to the platform
• Gas is exported via the CATS Central Area Transmission System Gas Pipeline to Teesside, with liquids transported through the Forties Pipeline System to the Kinneil processing plant at Grangemouth

Contractors

• **BARMAC:** Armada Platform
• **BiFab:**
  • Phase II Plaftform
  • Engineering, Procurement and Construction of 44 Man Living Quarters and Helideck
  • Maria - Separator Module
• **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** T & I of Maria Separator Module onto Armada Platform
• **Saipem:** T& I Gas Pipelines
• **KWSubsea:** NW Seymour Sidetrack Project - Concept/FEED design of distribution manifold and piping for tie-in
• **AMEC:** Engineering, procurement, construction and project management for Maria

History

• 1994 - Fleming, Drake and Hawkins development approval given
• 1997 - First gas produced
• 2001 - Approval granted for phase 2
• 2002 - South West Seymour discovered
• 2002 - Centrica acquires 5.58% stake from ENI
• 2003 - Seymour development approved
• 2003 - Seymour comes onstream
• 2004 - Discovery on the Maria prospect
• 2005 - Approval granted for Maria development
• 2009 - BG Group acquired BP's stake in the field
• 2012 - First production from Gaupe
• 2015 - Shell becomes a partner after acquiring BG Group
• 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.

Links

1. Infrastructure Code of Practice
2. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
3. List Of Oil Production Platforms In The UK
4. Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
5. International Protective Coatings Platform References
6. KWSubsea Subsea References
7. Saipem Europe Pipeline References
8. Government go-ahead for Armada development underlines North Sea confidence
9. Eni increases its interest in the Liverpool Bay fields and disposes of other non core North Sea assets
10. BG Announces New Gas Discovery Near Armada Field
11. BG Brings North Sea Seymour Field Into Production
12. BG and partners announce success on the Maria fallow discovery
13. AMEC's Oil and Gas Division Awarded BG Contract
14. BG Group completes UK North Sea asset exchange with BP
15. Petrofac secures contract with BG
16. Recommended cash and share offer for BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell
17. Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn