UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) approved, on December 11, Chevron’s field development plan to progress its Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in the Central North Sea. The installation comprises of a wellhead protector platform (WPP) and bridge linked platform (BLP) connected to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).
Namely, Chevron stated that via the application of polymer injection technology, Captain EOR project was expected to rise production and help maximise economic recovery from the field. Production consent for Stage 1 of the EOR project advances this technology – a first on the U.K. Continental Shelf (UKCS), Chevron added.
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Moreover, Chevron North Sea, as the operator of the Captain Field, holds the 85% interest, whereas Dana Petroleum holds the 15%.
The Captain field was discovered in 1977, in Block 13/22a located on the edge of the outer Moray Firth. The billion-barrel field achieved first production in March 1997 because of technology developments in horizontal drilling and down-hole pumps.
Finally, Greta Lydecker, Managing Director, Chevron Upstream Europe noted that advanced EOR technology in the North Sea supports the U.K. government’s strategy of Maximizing Economic Recovery (MER UK) of its offshore energy resource.
