Bridge Petroleum Ltd. has let a contract to Fraser Well Management (FWM) and Fraser Integrity Management (FIM) for well and pipeline operator services for Bardolino field in UKCS License Block 22/13a, about 162 km east northeast of Aberdeen in 90 m of water.
The Bardolino subsea production well is tied back by a 2 km, 6-in. production pipeline, a 3-in. gas lift pipeline, and umbilicals to the Howe subsea manifold, which is connected to the Nelson production platform.
Bardolino field was developed with natural pressure depletion. Its hydrocarbons are mainly in the Fulmar sand and contains about 33.8 million bbl STOIIP (base case). The field came on-stream in September 2010.
Bridge Petroleum is operator at Bardolino and has recently increased its interest in the field.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).