Petrofac to manage Venture’s Kittiwake Field
Posted: 26 November 2003
Petrofac Facilities Management, the leading operations management
company, has officially taken over responsibility for management
of Venture Production PLC’s Kittiwake facility in the Central
North Sea.
The agreement, which came into force on 19th November 2003, follows
the successful transfer of operatorship to Venture Production from
the previous operator, Shell UK Exploration and Production.
Kittiwake is the first manned offshore installation in the North
Sea to be divested by Shell. The deal includes the Mallard oilfield
- a subsea development that is tied-back to the Kittiwake platform.
Also included are the Goosander, Grouse and Gadwall oilfields that
have yet to be developed.
Petrofac will be responsible for managing the safe and effective
operation of the Kittiwake production platform and oil loading facility
that are located some 100 miles to the east of Aberdeen.
The operatorship transfer is Petrofac’s fourth UKCS Facilities
Management agreement. As well as managing the production facilities
for the ChevronTexaco Galley field for the past five years, Petrofac
completed the transition of the Paladin-owned Montrose, Arbroath
and Arkwright fields and assumed responsibility for these facilities
in May 2003. More recently in October 2003, Petrofac took over management
of the six gas-producing installations in the Hewett Field, 25 miles
east of Great Yarmouth, and the associated onshore Bacton Terminal
in Norfolk.
John Methven, Operations Director, Petrofac Facilities Management
Europe, said: “The agreement with Venture is significant to
Petrofac as it further develops a relationship of providing production
operations and maintenance expertise to Venture which commenced
in 2000. Support from Petrofac in Facilities Management enables
Venture to concentrate on its core business activity of developing
stranded oil and gas reserves.
It underpins the route for the industry to enable field life extension
of mature oil and gas fields by developing surrounding accumulations
deemed commercially unattractive by the major oil companies.
We will be using the competence, knowledge and management systems
we have developed over the past 20 years to achieve exemplary results
from the asset.
The relationship we have developed with Venture is indicative of
the way Petrofac is aligning directly with its clients’ key
business drivers. It demonstrates Petrofac’s full facilities
management capability and maintains our position as the first choice
provider of operations management, maintenance, engineering and
construction services to the oil, gas and petrochemical marketplace.”
About Petrofac
Petrofac Facilities Management is a division of Petrofac, a surface
facilities solutions provider serving the oil production, oil refining,
natural gas and petrochemical industries. Petrofac’s capabilities
include process design, detailed engineering, project management,
worldwide procurement, fabrication and assembly of process modules,
construction, commissioning and operation of most types of process
plants.
Petrofac has three main operating centres: in the UAE (Sharjah),
England (Woking) and Scotland (Aberdeen) and a network of support
offices in the Middle East, Former Soviet Union and Latin America.
The European Division of Petrofac Facilities Management, based in
Aberdeen, employs approximately 2,300 people in the UK and on North
Sea installations. The group employs over 3,500 staff.
Petrofac Facilities Management delivers commissioning and operational
solutions to its customers, from supply of specialist teams and
technical consultancy to full turnkey management of oil and gas
plant.
Petrofac Facilities Management is differentiated by a deep competence
in plant design, a "systems" approach to plant start-up
and operational performance management, a unique combination of
operational management tools and real alignment with customer objectives.
For more information see www.petrofac.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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