The Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field development in the UK North Sea has reached another milestone with the installation of all three of the project’s jackets.
Culzean field lies 145 miles east of Aberdeen and at plateau will produce 60,000-90,000 boe/d for at least 13 years, Maersk Oil says.
Maersk Oil, a wholly owned subsidiary of AP Moller-Maersk AS of Copenhagen, started drilling the first production well on Sept. 28, 2016, in the field (OGJ Online, Sept. 29, 2016).
“Culzean was sanctioned less than 2 years ago and already we’ve progressed the project over the halfway mark, said Gretchen Watkins, Maersk Oil chief executive officer. The company believes it to be on track to start natural gas production in 2019.
The installation of the central processing facilities and the utilities and living quarters jackets was completed on July 20, while the wellhead platform jacket was installed last year.