Goldeneye Gas Platform was an unmanned and now demolished offshore gas production
platform in
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...
block 14/29, in the South Halibut basin area of the outer
Moray Firth
The Moray Firth (; , or ) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland.
It is the largest firth in Scotland, stretching from Duncans ...
, 105 km northeast of
St Fergus Gas Plant in
Scotland
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.
Field
The field was discovered in October 1996 with well 14/29a-3. The field extends into blocks 14/28b, 20/30b and 20/4b.
The reservoir is a lower cretaceous Captain sandstone with high rates of production, up to per day at
standard conditions
Standard temperature and pressure (STP) or standard conditions for temperature and pressure are various standard sets of conditions for experimental measurements used to allow comparisons to be made between different sets of data. The most used ...
per well and lies at a depth of .
Infrastructure
The jacket was a four-legged piled structure weighing 3,500 tonnes, anchored by eight piles weighing 2,500 tonnes. The jacket supported the 1,000 tonnes topsides.
The topsides were designed by SLP Engineering Ltd. Production was from five wells with well fluids separated by a single vertical separator vessel. Separated liquids were re-injected into the export gas stream without further treatment. Facilities were provided for the installation of a future produced water coalescer and flash drum. Gas and liquid were piped ashore to St Fergus under well pressure, via a 20 inch pipeline without using compressors, where it was processed. It operated in of water.
Production
Production started in 2004 and ceased in 2011. It had a potential use for
carbon dioxide storage. The topsides and jacket were removed in September 2021 and taken to Vats, Norway for dismantling and recycling.
Like most North Sea fields operated by
Shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...
, it is named after a bird - in this case
''Bucephala clangula'', a small duck found in Scotland and elsewhere.
See also
*
Operation Goldeneye - World War II operation involving Ian Fleming
References
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North Sea energy
Natural gas platforms
Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire
Oil and gas industry in Scotland
2004 establishments in Scotland