Affiliation:
1. Shell UK Ltd, 1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg, Aberdeen AB12 3FY, UK
Abstract
AbstractThe Shearwater Field is located 242 km east of Aberdeen in the Central North Sea (CNS) and has three satellite fields, Starling, Scoter and Merganser. Acting as the hub for the gas-condensate-producing normal-pressure–normal-temperature (NPNT) satellites, Shearwater, which produces high-pressure–high-temperature (HPHT) Jurassic reservoirs, comprises a bridge-linked wellhead jacket to a production platform. The satellites, developed as subsea tiebacks, target Paleocene turbidite reservoirs, with the Starling Field most distant at 33 km from the host while Merganser is tied in via Scoter through a 15 km pipeline. Each satellite consists of a subsea manifold connected to two production wells at Merganser, and three production wells each at Scoter and Starling. All reservoir traps at the satellites are due to Permian-age Zechstein salt diapirs. Starling and Scoter produce Forties Sandstone Member reservoirs via three deviated wells targeting anticline structures. At Merganser, two long horizontal production wells cross over 4000 ft of faulted Paleocene reservoir intervals to produce under salt diapir overhangs. The satellites have been instrumental in maintaining the Shearwater facilities given early main field well failures, whilst recent challenges have developed as the satellites mature, requiring infill wells and well interventions to maximize economic recovery.
Publisher
Geological Society of London
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