Egret | |
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Location of Egret | |
Country | Brunei |
Region | Belait |
Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
Coordinates | 4°59′14″N 114°12′20″E / 4.98722°N 114.205505°E |
Operators | Brunei Shell Petroleum |
Service contractors | Technip-Coflexip [1] |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1971 |
Start of production | 2006 |
Peak year | 2006 |
Production | |
Peak of production (oil) | 1,350,000,000 barrels per day (~6.73×10 10 t/a) [2] |
Peak of production (gas) | 390,000,000,000 million cubic feet per day (1.1×1010×10 6 m3/d) |
Egret oil field, also known as Egret Field, [3] is a complex oil and gas field in the South China Sea and 45 km north-west of Seria, Belait District, Brunei. [4] [5] It is located at the depth of 60 m, [5] and operated by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP). [6]
The oil field was first discovered in 1971, [7] but was deemed non-commercial. [8] Moreover, it was predicted that the oil field would produce an estimated of 30 million barrels for 15–20 years. [9] In order to supply the Brunei LNG plant in Lumut, a US$79 million development of the Egret field was planned by the BSP in November 2001 [10] and 2002. [1] [11] The Phase 1 project was planned to be completed by August 2003 (at the cost of US$ 22 million), [1] [12] while Phase 2 was predicted to be in 2006, [5] [13] with the development probably costing US$ 79 million. [1] It was not until 2006, the extraction of oil and gas began. [9] The EGDP-01 platform was put in the field and the gases would then be carried by pipelines to the Brunei LNG plant, via South West Ampa gas field. [11]
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