Project Profile
Location: Block 15/13a, Central North Sea
Resereves: 51 (Pardis) and 4 (Hooman) million barrels
Start-up Year: -
Block 15/13a is situated approximately 19km northeast of the Piper Field on the edge of the Witch Ground Graben in the UK Central North Sea. The block was awarded in 1972 in the 4th licence round to licence P198.
There are two discoveries within the block named Pardis and Hooman (formerly known as P1 and Hood respectively). Pardis has significant oil reserves and is linked to the Yeoman Field in Block 15/13b. Hooman is the smaller field and lies northeast of Pardis. Pardis tested oil bearing layers in the Palaeocene while Hooman tested an Upper Jurassic section.
The Hooman was discovered after drilling well 15/13-2 in 1975 which targeted the Upper Jurassic Piper Sandstone. The Hood discovery consists of a combined structure dip closure to the west, north and south and a stratigraphic pinch-out of the Piper Sandstone to the east which is been penetrated with four oil wells. Regionally there is a good deal of seismic data in the block. Five campaigns of 2D data were acquired by BP and a 3D seismic was acquired in 2000 by Enterprise Oil.
The development of Hooman in original plans was designed as subsea tie back to Piper field (19km) or using FPSO and subsea wells.
Operators:
BP: Operator with 50% interest
Iranian Oil Company UK Ltd: 50% interest
Contractors:
Enterprise Oil: 3D Seismic survey (2000)