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The third gas compressors is sched- certainly a lot more opportunities in uled to come online this month [Sept] the area. It’s very exciting. There is a and water injection systems were due lot of potential—Gryphon is going to to be commissioned as we go to print. need more subsea infrastructure.”

The future Gryphon ownership

While the short term aims are to make Maersk Oil operates the Gryphon feld the Gryphon Alpha work optimally and the Gryphon South feld (discov- and stably, Maersk has a long term ered 1987) in partnership with Sojitz. plan for Gryphon Alpha. Gryphon feld equity share: Maersk

New 4D seismic was shot over Block 86.5%, Sojitz 13.54%, South Gryphon 9 in 2011, while the vessel was off feld equity share Maersk 89.875, Sojitz station—work that had already been 10.125%. planned in cooperation with other Maersk also operates the Tullich operators in the area. and Maclure felds (both discovered in

The Gryphon reservoir is in shallow 1991, with frst oil in 2002), which tie

Eocene sands and has heavy crude in to Gryphon. oil, at 22°API gravity. Maersk has Maersk has a 38.2% equity share in developed expertise in injectile sands, Maclure, with partners TAQA Bratani which it has been working on in the (37%), Apache (17.2%), and Enterprise

Gryphon area since 2003. Oil (7.6%).

One of three Hydralift Gryphon Alpha’s

Tullich is 100% Maersk-owned and

During the reinstatement project, hydraulic cranes being reftted. operated.

Maersk also carried out a drilling

Photo: Maersk Oil North Sea UK

With thanks to, alongside those campaign at the Tullich feld, and, in quoted, Rob Waugh, senior piping

July, it started drilling a new well at semisubmersible. Maersk is still work- engineer, Paul Baker, environment

Gryphon, using the Sedco 704 semi- ing up its 2014-15 drilling program. submersible. Another well is planned

Doug MacLeod, development man- manager, and Fred Toal, naval on Maclure, using the WilPhoenix ager, Quad 9, Maersk, says: “There are architect.

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