Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UK – Britain’s Oil and Gas Authority has approved Chevron’s development plan for its Captain enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in the UK central North Sea.

Application of polymer injection should increase production and help maximize economic recovery from the Captain heavy oil field, Chevron said. Production consent for Stage 1 of the project advances this first-time commercial application of the on the UK continental shelf. 

Greta Lydecker, managing director, Chevron Upstream Europe, said: “Operational approval of the Captain EOR project progresses the application of a technology that has demonstrated an improved recovery rate, which can now be applied to other fields and help extend the life of assets.”

Texaco discovered Captain in 1977 in block 13/22 on the edge of the outer Moray Firth. The billion-barrel field produced first oil in March 1997 through horizontal drilling and downhole pumps, and a wellhead protector platform and bridge-linked platform connected to an FPSO.

Chevron operates in partnership with Dana Petroleum.

12/13/2018