Cormorant Oil Field

The field consists of three parts, Cormorant North & South and recently discovered Cormorant East
Cormorant Alpha is a Concrete Gravity Based Structure (CGBS)
Cormorant Alpha also receives oil via pipelines from the Brent C, Dunlin Oil Field, North Alwyn and North Cormorant platforms as well as from the Pelican subsea tie-back.
Prior to 2012, oil from the Murchison Oil Field was also handled here
North Cormorant is a drilling and production facility for the North Cormorant field. The North Cormorant platform is also a production facility for the Cormorant East field, the Eider Oil Field and the Causeway Oil Field
Oil is transported via the Brent System Oil Pipeline and gas via the Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags) Pipeline

1972 - Cormorant Oil Field discovered
1979 - Government approval given for Cormorant North & South
2007 - Shell and Esso decide to dispose of the field along with a number of others
2008 - TAQA acquired 100% stake in Cormorant North, South Cormorant from Shell and Esso
2009 - TAQA drills new well on the property
2012 - TAQA discovers ‘Cormorant East
2013 - Leak detected on Cormorant Alpha
2022 - Approval granted for Cormorant Alpha decommissioning

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