Total starts up natural gas field offshore Scotland
Total SA has started production from Islay natural gas field straddling the UK-Norwegian sector line in the North Sea 440 km northeast of Aberdeen (OGJ Online, July 15, 2010).
Production from a single well, completed subsea in 120 m of water and tied back to the Alwyn North platform, has reached 15,000 boe/d. Total estimates reserves at 17 million boe of gas and condensate.
Discovered in 2008, the field lies mostly on Block 3/15 of the UK sector and partly on Blocks 29/6a and 29/6c of the Norwegian sector. Total holds 100% interest in Islay and the Alwyn production hub (OGJ Online, Nov. 6, 2006).
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Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
