Project Profile
Location: Central North Sea, blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a
Water Depth: 90m
Start-up Year: 1993
Everest is situated in the central North Sea and first production began in 1993. Gas produced from the field is exported via the CATS pipeline and produced liquids are exported via Forties to Kinneil.
It lies in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a. The gasfield was discovered by Amoco in 1982 with first gas produced in 1993. Until 2009, the field was operated by BP (formerly Amoco). As a result of assets\' swap between BP and BG Group (now SHell) in 2009, BG Group became the largest stakeholder of field with 99.13% interest. The field is named after George Everest.
The field contains 11 surface wells and a flowline connecting to two subsea wells in the Southern area. The North Everest platform, built by Highland Fabricators, is also the location for the starting point of the CATS pipeline, which relays gas from Everest and a number of others including Lomond and Armada, to the CATS terminal at Teesside. The North Everest platform is linked with the unmanned CATS riser platform by a 90 metre (300 ft) metal bridge. Condensates and liquids are routed via Forties oilfield.
Everest contains two main reservoirs: the Palaeocene Forties sandstone and the deeper Paleocene Andrew sandstone. The structure is a 3 way dip closure with a stratigraphic pinchout to the east.
Operators:
Chrysaor: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Consortium for a range of specialist support:
Wood Group PSN
Stork Technical Services
EnerMech: A three-year process services contract
Highland Fabricators: Built the North Everest platform
Wood Group PSN: Provide engineering, project management, construction, shutdown and maintenance services
Sparrows Group: A three-year crane management services contract (November, 2017)
Well-Centric: Offshore services contract (November, 2017)