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Consideration has also been given to of maximising economic recovery. In

Gas Authority, Oil & Gas UK, Industry harnessing expertise gained in building addition to the production solutions, a

Technology Facilitator, as well as operator

EPIC tubular frames for offshore wind farms. major aspect of delivering marginal ?eld and supply chain representatives. One of “This is of a size and scale that it could projects is having the right capabilities its working groups, is focusing on Small de?nitely be manufactured in a European and taking the right approach to

Pools, led by EnQuest on oil, and Centrica sphere,” White says. maximize ef?ciency. The key goal of our on gas ?elds.

A NU-SIFT could be in operation as consortium is to deliver marginal ?eld As announced during Offshore Europe, early as 2018, Bygrave suggests, depend- projects on time and within budget. That the next step will be “Hackathons,” ing on progress with project negotiations. requires careful project management which will aim to identify a range

Nevertheless, Bygrave reports ABTOG is and specialists working together with a of ways to reduce marginal ?eld having “detailed” discussions with opera- coordinated approach and dedication to development costs.

tors about several marginal ?eld opportu- cost reduction.” Previously Shell and NAM introduced

Bygrave says the consortium nities. He adds: “The fall in the their SWEEP concept - Smart Well continues to advance its oil price over the last year has Engineering Exploration and Production production solutions as increased the number of ?elds, -to identify and exploit smaller gas opportunities present themselves which require low cost solu- ?elds in the southern North Sea, starting and more ideas come to the tions, such as ours, if they are with the UK Carrack ?eld. The concept, fore. “With Arup joining the to be developed. We have seen aimed at deposits of 1 Bcm or less, and consortium in July, we are very a signi?cant increase in inter- too small for their own minimal facility pleased to combine our normally est from operators and licence platforms or even mono-tower wellhead unattended topside capability holders keen to transform the protection structures or extended reach

Simon Bygrave with their award winning Arup value of their assets. Crucially, drilling, involved using standardized

Concept Elevator (ACE) platform as further by extending the life of mature ?elds the subsea trees and pipelines to connect option to the NU-SIFT.” consortium can help operators to defer deposits together to host platforms.

Outside the consortium, work is decommissioning and associated expense. Also, unmanned production buoys underway to implement the collaboration “We are very proud of what we are has a proposed a ?oating solution for called for in Sir Ian Wood’s Maximising doing with the consortium members,” redeveloping the UK Angus and Fife

Economic Report published in 2014,

Bygrave says. “It is a great example of ?elds, which involves submerging through the Technology Leadership Board. companies genuinely coming together processing equipment below the water

This group which involves the Oil and and collaborating to achieve the goal line (OE: May 2014).

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