Brae field development

Journal Article · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Ocean Ind.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6092840

Recent approval was given by the UK government for Marathon's $1.6-billion development of the North Sea's Brae field which is underway. The first jacket structure is scheduled for float out in early 1982, with later module installations. The Brae platform will have 8 legs and 46 drilling slots. It is designed to handle reservoir fliud with a gor of 1400 cu ft of gas/bbl and a high CO/sub 2/ content - 23% mol - and small amounts of hydrogen sulfide. The field production rate will be 100,000 bopd plus 12,000 bpd of NGL. Oil from the field will be piped to BP's Forties and transported ashore in existing pipelines to the Grangemouth terminal in Scotland. The area, under development by a 9-company partnership led by Marathon Oil, has estimated recoverable reserves of 40 million tons of oil and gas liquids and 4.25 billion cu m of commercial natural gas.

• OSTI ID: 6092840
• Journal Information: Ocean Ind.; (United States), Journal Name: Ocean Ind.; (United States) Vol. 15:5; ISSN OCIDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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