Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK – Bridge Petroleum has contracted Fraser Well Management (FWM) to operate the suspended appraisal well in the Galapagos field in the UK northern North Sea.
Galapagos is the new name for un-depleted North West Hutton field, originally developed by BP, which, including its southern accumulation is thought to hold around 700 MMbbl.
Bridge plans a phased redevelopment.
FWM launched its turnkey well operatorship division earlier this year, which covers the full life cycle of oil and gas wells. It is performing work currently for NEO Energy on the Babbage and Victoria wells.
For Galapagos, the project is a suspended standalone subsea appraisal oil well at a depth of 500 ft (152 m) in block 211/27, 130 km (81 mi) northeast of the Shetland Islands. This was drilled in 2012, the suspended a year later by the previous license holder, Fairfield Energy.
FWM’s responsibilities will include periodic well status checks, maintenance of records and well integrity reporting to the regulators, Bridge and others.
The Galapagos well has already been integrated into FWM’s well integrity management system, including the transfer of data and compliance verification to UK regulatory requirements.
Bridge also gains access to other FWM services and support, including engineering and asset integrity for drilling, intervention, or decommissioning purposes.
10/08/2020
