Annual Report 2005 (6 MB) - Lundin Petroleum

OPERATIONS REVIEW
Solan/
Strathmore
Orkney
SCOTLAND
Heather platform
Shetland
Thistle/
Deveron
211/28b
Heather/
Broom 3/1b
9/10c
9/14c&15c
North Sea
UNITED KINGDOM
Lundin Petroleum has working interests in four production and fi ve exploration
licences in the northern sector of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf
(UKCS). The major operated assets include three mature producing fi elds,
Thistle and Heather, and the Broom fi eld which was brought on stream by
Lundin Petroleum in 2004 with production in excess of 25,000 bopd (gross).
To optimise the production on Heather and Thistle a variety of techniques have
been used including workovers, artifi cial lift, water injection, development
drilling programmes and maintenance of the topsides facilities.
The discovery and development of new accumulations near existing fi elds is
an important stage in the life of a mature hydrocarbon province such as the
UKCS.
The Broom fi eld, which comprises two accumulations, West Heather and North
Terrace, is an example of what impact new discoveries in the vicinity of old
fi elds can have. The Broom Phase 2 was successfully completed during 2005
increasing the production from the Heather complex. The Broom fi eld will
extend the life of the Heather fi eld and provide substantial production and
reserves of its own via a sub-sea tie back to the Heather platform.
Reserves 54.1 MMboe
2005 average net production: 20,170 boepd
2005 highlights
■ Completion of Broom Phase 2 with a sidetrack of the original discovery
well to a new up-dip location on West Heather and the fi rst production
well on North Terrace. Production from the West Heather well commenced
in August 2005 and from the North Terrace well in October 2005.
■ Outsourced platform operations for both the Heather and Thistle
installations with eff ect from 1 May 2005.
■ Thistle shutdown to ensure facilities are fi t for purpose for ongoing
operations.
■ Completed third Thistle water injection well workover.
■ Awarded 3 exploration blocks in the 23rd licencing round.
2006 work programme
■ Complete reactivation of Heather drilling rig and carry out 2 well workovers
and drill the fi rst development well of the underlying Triassic reservoir.
■ Acquire 3D seismic over the greater Heather area.
■ Increase produced water handling capacity on both Heather and Thistle
fi elds.
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