ABSTRACT

BP (with a 28.6% stake) and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips (24.0%), Chevron (19.4%), Shell (18.7%) and Hess (9.3%) are developing the field in phases, the first of which extended from 1996 to 2005, as shown on Fig. 2. The second phase, Clair Ridge, is in the conceptual design stage and is expected to come on stream in late 2014. Clair Phase 1 comprised a single fixed steel drilling and production platform in about 140 m of water. Oil is exported to the Sullom Voe terminal in the Shetland Islands through a 22-in, 105 km long pipeline. The Clair Ridge development is about 6 km to the northwest of Clair Phase 1 and will consist of

two bridge-linked steel platforms – one for drilling and production, the other for quarters and facilities.