WIRELINE - Autumn 2017

MER | Montrose Area

The wider industry can look at what we’ve done and see it’s possible to execute major developments with older infrastructure and still operate it safely and economically. “

older infrastructure and still operate it safely and economically,” enthuses Brian. Expanding the network The MAR project kicked off in 2011. By then, alongside the two oldest fields in the portfolio – Montrose and Arbroath – there were additional discoveries in the form of Arkwright, Brechin and Wood tied back to the original infrastructure. The MAR programme planned to expand the growing production hub further by bringing

three new fields – Godwin, Cayley and Shaw – on-stream. The strategy was not only about accessing new reserves, but extending the life of a network of existing fields that would otherwise have been ceasing production around now. The project has involved installing a new bridge-linked platform (BLP) tying back Cayley and Shaw to Montrose; an extensive subsea >

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