Alba
Operator: Chevron (23.37%). ConocoPhillips ownership interest: 23.43%.
Alba is located in Block 16/26. It consists of a platform to the north with two subsea developments. Production is exported to a floating storage unit and then is offloaded to a shuttle tanker. Net production in 2008 was 8 MBD of crude oil and 1 MMCFD of natural gas.
Clair
Operator: BP (28.6%). ConocoPhillips ownership interest: 24.0%.
The Clair field extends over 54,300 acres across five blocks in the west of Shetland area. Phase 1 development came onstream in February 2005. The Phase 1 development includes a conventional platform with production and process topsides supported by a fixed-steel jacket. Oil production is delivered through a dedicated trunk line to the Sullom Voe terminal, and natural gas is carried through a spur line into the Magnus enhanced oil recovery trunk line. Work is currently ongoing to expand the development of the Clair area through the Clair Ridge project. Although in early stages, development concepts are being studied that would result in first production by 2015.
GALLEON
Operator: Shell (41.66%). ConocoPhillips ownership interest: 8.34%.
Galleon is located in the Southern North Sea in Blocks 48/15 and 48/20. It has two unmanned minimum facility platforms and ties back to the Shell-operated Clipper platform where processing, metering and compression takes place.
Nicol
Operator: Oilexco (70%). ConocoPhillips ownership interest: 18.0%.
First production was achieved from Nicol in 2007. Oil is produced through a subsea well tied back to a subsea multiport manifold and multi-phase booster pump at the Brenda field. Oil then passes through the Balmoral floating production vessel, where it is processed and transported ashore through the Forties pipeline system.
STATFJORD UK
Operator: Statoil (44.3%). ConocoPhillips ownership interest 15.2% (of which 10.3% is in the Norwegian sector; 4.8% is in the UK sector).
The Statfjord field was discovered in 1973 and straddles the boundary between Norway and the UK. It was developed with three integrated platforms supported by gravity-base structures featuring concrete storage cells. Oil and natural gas from Snorre, Sygna, Statfjord East and Statfjord North fields are processed and transported from the Statfjord installations.