Clair South Oil Field (United Kingdom)
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Clair South is an oil field in development in the North Sea, off the coast of the United Kingdom.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the field in the North Sea, off the coast of the United Kingdom.
Background
Clair South oil field, also known as Clair field phase 3 development project, is located 75 km west of the Shetland Islands in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), at a depth of about 140 meters.[1][2] Clair field covers five license blocks: 206/7a, 206/8a, 206/9a, 206/12a, and 206/13a,[3] and is operated on the P168, P165, P170, and P169 licenses.[4]
Clair Phase 1 Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom) was discovered in 1977.[5] Clair South is the third development phase of the Clair field.[1] Phase one began production in 2004, phase two (Clair Ridge) in 2019.[6] The field is owned by BP (45.11%, operator), Shell (27.97%), Chevron (19.42%), and Harbour Energy (7.5 %).[5][7][8][9][10] The field was originally owned by BP (28.6%), Shell (27.97%), Chevron (19.42%), and ConocoPhillips (24%). In July 2018, ConocoPhillips sold its 16.5% stake in the project to BP whose stake increased to 45.11%.[11] ConocoPhillips’ remaining 7.5% stake in the project was acquired by Harbour Energy in September 2019.[9]
On April 30, 2020, BP announced that it was delaying FID on the third phase of the Clair South project in the Shetland Islands from 2021 to 2022 as a result of the global oil price collapse[12] and in an effort to look for input from contractors to “make the development as economically and environmentally competitive as possible.”[13][14] As of February 2020, first oil production was expected in 2024.[13]
Expected recovery is estimated to be around 293 Mmboe.[15][16] Friends of the Earth (FOE) estimated total lifecycle emissions from the field at 151 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCo2e).[15]
Project Details
- Status: In development[15][1][2][16]
- Coordinates: 60.6668, 2.7830 (exact)[17]
- Operator: BP[15][18]
- Owner: BP (45.1%); Harbour Energy (7.5%); Chevron (19.4%); Shell (28.0%)[7][19][20][8][21]
- Parent: BP P.L.C.; Harbour; Chevron; Shell
- Discovery year: 1977[3]
- Production start year: 2024 (expected)[2]
- Basin:
- Concession/Block: 206/7a, 206/8a, 206/9a, 206/12a, and 206/13a[2][3][4]
- Project/Complex:
Production and Reserves
Table 1: Production and Reserves - Clair South Field
| Category | Fuel Description | Reserve Classification | Quantity | Units | Data Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reserves | hydrocarbons | estimated reserves | 293.00 | million bbl | 2022 | [15] |
- million boe = barrels of oil equivalent
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "exploration & production in europe". Chevron. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Watts, Rob (2020-02-07). "Clair South project sanction delayed to 2022 | Upstream Online". Upstream Online | Latest oil and gas news. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Clair Field, Shetlands". Offshore Technology. April 14, 2003. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Offshore Licence Data - by Block". North Sea Transition Authority. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Clair Ridge Development Project, North Sea". NS Energy. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "UKCS Production Dashboard". North Sea Transition Authority. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Clair Ridge Project, Shetlands". Offshore Technology. April 30, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Clair | Harbour Energy". www.harbourenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Harbour Energy Completes Second Major Oil & Gas Acquisition". Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Offshore Energy Today (2018-07-04). "ConocoPhillips sells Clair field stake to BP. Buys Alaska acreage". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Offshore Energy Today (2018-07-04). "ConocoPhillips sells Clair field stake to BP. Buys Alaska acreage". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ BP takes 'difficult decision' to pause Clair South development off UK, Upstream Online, May 1, 2020
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Clair South project sanction delayed to 2022 | Upstream Online". Upstream Online | Latest oil and gas news. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Mark Lammey (2020-02-07). "BP pushes back Clair South FID to help bolster project's low-carbon credentials". Energy Voice. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Tip of the iceberg: The future of fossil fuel extraction | Policy and insight". Friends of the Earth | Policy and insight. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Daisy Dunne (2022-02-24). "Factcheck: Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be 'climate compatible'? - Carbon Brief". Carbon Brief. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Robertson, A.G. (2020). "The Clair Field, Blocks 206/7a, 206/8, 206/9a, 206/12a and 206/13a, UK Atlantic Margin". Geological Society, London, Memoirs. 52: 931.
- ↑ "OGV Energy - Issue 23 - July 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Carmen (April 27, 2022). "Clair Ridge Conventional Oil Field, UK". Offshore Technology. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "BP enters risk sharing contract for Clair development". Oil and Gas Journal. May 28, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Offshore Energy Today (2018-07-04). "ConocoPhillips sells Clair field stake to BP. Buys Alaska acreage". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
