- Everest gasfield
The Everest gasfield lies in the Central North Sea and is operated by
BP (formerlyAmoco ) in partnership withBG Group ,Amerada Hess ,ConocoPhilips and Total. The field is named afterGeorge Everest and is located in UKCS blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a. It was discovered byAmoco in 1982 with first gas produced in 1993. There is a permanent production installation in the Northern area of the field ( located 57.75 degrees north , 1.801 degrees East: convert|288|ft|m|abbr=on water depth), containing 11 surface wells and a flowline connecting to two subsea wells in the Southern area. Further development drilling is ongoing (2006-07)The North Everest platform 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 atTeeside . Any condensates and liquids are routed via Forties.Everest contains two main reservoirs The Palaeocene Forties sandstone and the younger Paleocene Andrew sandstone. The structure is a 3 way dip closure with a stratigraphic pinchout to the east
External links
* [http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/downloads/U/uk_asset_everest.pdf Everest asset portfolio (pdf)]
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