Culzean, North Sea, UK
Completed: 11 June 2019
~30 mboed peak annual average production, net to BP
"The ground-breaking Culzean development is the latest addition to BP's resilient North Sea portfolio and will play an important role in growing our UK production, expected to reach 200,000 barrels equivalent a day by 2020. I would like to congratulate the project team and our partners for safely achieving first gas ahead of the initial plan and with significant efficiency gains."
Ariel Flores, BP North Sea regional president
Culzean is a 1.2 Tcf High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) lean gas condensate field located approximately 140 miles east of Aberdeen in Block 22/25a of the Central North Sea in water depths of 300 feet. The project scope includes a stand-alone three bridge-linked platform development with dry gas export via the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) and liquids export via a new-build Floating Storage and Offloading tanker (FSO). The project comprises of six production wells and one produced water re-injection well.
| Location | UK - North Sea |
|---|---|
| Operator | Total |
| Partners | Total (50%), BP (32%), JX Nippon (18%) |
| Project type | High pressure gas |
| Peak annual average production |
~100 mboed (gross) ~30 mboed (net) |