| Key Facts |
Total Average Daily Production in 2009: 191 MBOED
- Crude Oil and NGL: 81 MBD
- Gas: 659 MMCFD
Major Office Locations: Aberdeen, London, Warwick |
ConocoPhillips’ upstream involvement in the United Kingdom began in September 1964 when acreage was awarded to the company in the first U.K. licensing round. In 1968, the Viking gas field was discovered, and first gas was produced in 1972. Since then, the U.K. portfolio has grown to include additional operated assets, as well as interests in partner-operated assets.
GREATER BRITANNIA
Britannia
Operator: Britannia Operator Limited, a 50/50 joint venture between ConocoPhillips (58.7%) and Chevron (32.3%)
Co-venturer: BP (9.0%)
Britannia is one of the largest natural gas and condensate fields in the North Sea. Commercial production began in August 1998. Condensate is delivered through the Forties Pipeline to the oil stabilization and processing plant Kerse of Kinneil near the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, and its gas is transported through Britannia’s own gas line to St. Fergus, Scotland. Net production in 2009 was 6 MBD of liquids and 177 MMCFD of natural gas.
Britannia Satellites (BritSats)
Brodgar
Operator: ConocoPhillips (75.0%)
Co-venturer: Chevron (25.0%)
Callanish
Operator: ConocoPhillips (83.5%)
Co-venturer: Chevron (16.5%)
Brodgar, discovered in 1985, is located in Block 21/3. Callanish, discovered in 1999, is located in Blocks 15/29b and 21/4a. Production started in June 2008. The fields produce via subsea manifolds and two new pipelines linked to the Britannia platform. Net production in 2009 was 34 MBD of liquids and 127 MMCFD of natural gas.
J-BLOCK
Judy/Joanne
Operator: ConocoPhillips (36.5%)
Co-venturers: Eni U.K. Limited (33.0%), BG (30.5%)
Commercial oil production and gas sales from Judy/Joanne began in 1997. Gas processed on the Judy Platform is transported through the CATS (Central Area Transmission System) Pipeline, and liquids are transported to Teesside through the Norpipe system. J-Block Fields’ net production in 2009 was 12 MBD of liquids and 96 MMCFD of natural gas.
Jade
Operator: ConocoPhillips (32.5%)
Co-venturers: BG (35.0%), Chevron (19.9%), Eni U.K. Limited (7.0%), OMV (5.6%)
The Jade Field came onstream in 2002 and consists of a normally unmanned platform tied back to Judy.
Jasmine
Operator: ConocoPhillips (36.5%)
Co-venturers: Eni U.K. Limited (33.0%), BG (30.5%)
Exploration and appraisal wells have confirmed the presence of a significant accumulation approximately 51/2 miles west of the Judy production facility. As a result of completing engineering studies, the Jasmine development will comprise a wellhead platform (WHP) and an accommodation and utility platform bridge-linked to the WHP, a Judy riser and separation platform with additional Judy well slots (JRP) bridge-linked to the existing Judy Platform, and a multiphase pipeline from the WHP to the JRP.
SOUTHERN NORTH SEA
ConocoPhillips has various interests in producing gas fields in the Rotliegendes and Carboniferous areas of the Southern North Sea (SNS). Net production for the SNS in 2009 averaged 185 MMCFD of natural gas, which includes the partner-operated Galleon Field.
ROTLIEGENDES
LOGGS
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturers: BP (50.0%)
The Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (LOGGS) Complex started operating in 1988. The facility receives natural gas from the V-fields, Vampire, Viscount and Valkyrie; the Saturn Unit Area: Saturn, Mimas and Tethys; and the Jupiter Area natural gas fields: Ganymede, Sinope, Callisto, Europa and NW Bell; as well as the third-party fields: Ann, Alison, Annabel, Audrey and Anglia. In December 2009, a new pipeline from the Viking B Platform was connected to LOGGS to allow Viking, Victor, Vixen and Victoria natural gas to be transported through the LOGGS facilities. Natural gas is commingled at LOGGS and forwarded to the Theddlethorpe gas terminal in Lincolnshire, England, via a 36-inch pipeline.
V-fields
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%-61.13%)
Co-venturers: BP
V-fields comprise four separate gas accumulations (North Valiant, South Valiant, Vanguard and Vulcan) and are produced via normally unmanned production platforms. All the V-fields’ gas is received and transported by LOGGS to the Theddlethorpe gas terminal.
Saturn Unit Area
Saturn
Operator: ConocoPhillips (42.9%)
Co-venturers: RWE (35.1%), Centrica (Venture 22.0%)
Mimas
Operator: ConocoPhillips (35.0%)
Co-venturers: RWE (50.0%), Centrica (Venture 15.0%)
Tethys
Operator: ConocoPhillips (25.0%)
Co-venturer: RWE (75.0%)
The Saturn Unit Area lies in Blocks 48/10a and 48/10b and consists of gas accumulations Atlas, Hyperion and Rhea. First production began in September 2005.
Viking Transportation System (VTS)
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturer: BP (50.0%)
The facilities comprising the VTS offtake system were installed in the early 1970s and include a 24-inch, 7-mile infield pipeline; the Viking AR riser platform; and a 28-inch, 86-mile export pipeline. In December 2009, a new pipeline from the Viking B Platform was connected to the LOGGS Platform to allow Viking, Victor, Vixen and Victoria gas to be transported through the LOGGS facilities and onward to the Theddlethorpe gas terminal.
Victor
Operator: ConocoPhillips (20.0%)
Co-venturers: Exxon (25.0%), Centrica (30.0%), RWE (10.0%), Dana (10.0%), CalEnergy (5.0%)
Victor is an unmanned platform and subsea wellhead structure located in Blocks 49/17 and 49/2.
Viking
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturer: BP (50.0%)
Viking is situated in Blocks 49/12, 49/16 and 49/17. Viking consists of seven normally unmanned platforms, plus one manned main complex, Viking B, and the associated outlying Vixen and Victoria subsea satellites.
CARBONIFEROUS
Caister Murdoch System
The Caister Murdoch System (CMS) consists of the Murdoch Complex, the Caister Satellite Platform, and the gas trunk line to the Theddlethorpe gas terminal. CMS acts as a hub for the Murdoch, Caister, Boulton, Munro, CMS III and Kelvin fields, and also provides third-party transportation.
Murdoch Complex
Operator: ConocoPhillips (46.8%)
Co-venturers: GDF (16.2%), Tullow (17.0%), E.ON (20.0%)
The Murdoch platform complex consists of three bridge-linked platforms located in Block 44/22 of the U.K. sector of the North Sea.
Murdoch
Operator: ConocoPhillips (54.5%)
Co-venturers: GDF (11.5%), Tullow (34.0%)
The Murdoch field is produced via one of the Murdoch complex platforms.
Caister
Operator: ConocoPhillips (39.0%)
Co-venturers: E.ON (40.0%), GDF (21.0%)
The Caister unmanned wellhead platform is in Block 44/23a, which is connected by subsea flowline to Murdoch.
Boulton
Operator: ConocoPhillips (46.0%)
Co-venturers: GDF (44.5%), Tullow (9.5%)
The Boulton platform located in Block 44/21a is operated remotely from the Murdoch complex.
CMS III
Operator: ConocoPhillips (59.5%)
Co-venturers: GDF (26.4%), Tullow (14.1%)
CMS III consists of five subsea satellites (Hawksley, McAdam, Murdoch K, Boulton H and Watt).
Munro
Operator: ConocoPhillips (46.0%)
Co-venturers: GDF (39.0%), Tullow (15.0%)
Munro is located in Block 44/17b of the U.K. Southern North Sea.
Kelvin
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturers: GDF (27.5%), Tullow (22.5%)
The Kelvin field lies in Blocks 44/18b and 44/23b eight miles northeast of the Murdoch platform.
Harrison
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturers: Tullow (22.5%), GDF (27.5%)
Successful discovery of the Harrison prospect was confirmed in 2007. Development plans are being considered.
EAST IRISH SEA
ConocoPhillips’ interests in the East Irish Sea include the Rivers Terminal at Barrow-in-Furness and five operated gas fields. Net production in 2009 averaged 60 MMCFD of natural gas.
Millom and Dalton
Operator: HRL
Co-venturer: ConocoPhillips (100%)
Sweet natural gas is produced from the Millom and Dalton fields through a platform and two subsea manifolds. The natural gas is fed through to the Morecambe Bay North Terminal via the North Morecambe DDPA Platform, where it is commingled with HRL’s gas. Following processing, including nitrogen removal at the terminal, the natural gas is sold into the United Kingdom market.
Calder
Operator: HRL
Co-venturer: ConocoPhillips (100%)
Calder has been developed with an unmanned platform and three development wells. The field produces sour gas. It feeds to a producing platform and then through a pipeline to the Rivers Terminal, which provides compression, hydrogen sulfide removal and metering. The natural gas is then piped to the North Morecambe Terminal for further processing, including nitrogen removal, before being sold into the United Kingdom market.
Darwen and Crossens
Operator: HRL
Co-venturer: ConocoPhillips (100%)
The additional sour gas fields of Darwen and Crossens will be developed once the Calder Field begins to decline and will feed into the Rivers Terminal.
PARTNER-OPERATED ASSETS
Alba
Operator: Chevron (23.4%)
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (23.4%), Statoil U.K. (17.0%), BP (13.3%), Others (22.9%)
Alba is located in Block 16/26. Production is exported to a floating storage unit and then is offloaded to a shuttle tanker.
Clair
Operator: BP (28.6%)
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (24.0%), Chevron (19.4%), Enterprise Oil (18.7%), Hess (9.3%)
The Clair Field extends over 54,300 acres across five blocks in the West of Shetland Area. Phase I development came onstream in February 2005. 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. Clair Ridge is the second phase of the Clair development, which will comprise a drilling and processing platform with 36 slots bridge-linked to a quarters and utilities platform.
Galleon
Operator: Shell (41.6%)
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (8.4%), Exxon (41.6%), Centrica (8.4%)
Galleon is located in Southern North Sea Blocks 48/15 and 48/20. It has two unmanned facilities platforms and ties back to the Clipper Platform.
MacCulloch
Operator: ConocoPhillips (40.0%); Field operations are subcontracted to North Sea Production Company (NSPC).
Co-venturers: Eni U.K. Limited (40.0%), Talisman Energy (6.0%), Noble Energy (14.0%)
The MacCulloch Field is located in Block 15/24b. The wells are tied back to two subsea manifolds and then to an NSPC-owned floating production, storage and offtake vessel. Net production in 2009 was 4 MBD of liquids.
Statfjord
Operator: Statoil (44.3%)
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (15.2%, of which 4.8% is in the U.K. sector and 10.4% is in the Norwegian sector), ExxonMobil Norway (21.4%), Shell (8.6%), Others (10.5%)
The Statfjord Field was discovered in 1973 and straddles the boundary between the United Kingdom and Norway. The production and export of Statfjord natural gas to the U.K. transportation system started in October 2007.
Nicol
Operator: Premier (70.0%)
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (18.0%), Eni (12.0%)
The Nicol Field is located in Block 15/25a in the central U.K. North Sea, 75 miles northeast of Aberdeen. The field gained development consent in 2006 and was subsequently developed via a subsea tie-back of a horizontal well via the Brenda subsea manifold to the Balmoral floating production vessel. A second horizontal well was drilled, completed and tied-back for production in 2009.
ONSHORE FACILITES
Rivers Gas Terminal
Operator: HRL
Co-venturer: ConocoPhillips (100%)
The Rivers Terminal is capable of handling 145 MMCFD of natural gas. It processes sour gas from the Calder Field, providing compression and removing hydrogen sulfide before piping the sweetened gas to the third-party North Morecambe Terminal for further processing, including nitrogen removal.
Teesside Oil Terminal
Operator: ConocoPhillips (29.3%)
Co-venturers: Total Holdings Europe (32.9%), Statoil U.K. Limited (22.0%), Eni S.p.A. (10.3%), Norsk Hydro (U.K.) Limited (5.3%), Paris Orleans S.A. (0.2%)
Completed in 1975, this facility is a crude oil reception, processing, storage and transshipment installation. Crude oil and natural gas liquids from ConocoPhillips’ J-Block and Greater Ekofisk Area fields are delivered to Teesside.
Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal
Operator: ConocoPhillips (50.0%)
Co-venturer: BP (50.0%)
Located in Lincolnshire, the Theddlethorpe gas terminal receives and processes natural gas produced through LOGGS, CMS and VTS, as well as third-party volumes. The facility’s gross capacity is 1.6 BCFD of natural gas.
Interconnector Pipeline
Operator: Interconnector (U.K.) Ltd.
Co-venturers: ConocoPhillips (10.0%), Others (90.0%)
Up to 700 BCF per year of natural gas can be transported through this 145-mile, 40-inch-diameter subsea pipeline running from Bacton, United Kingdom, to a reception terminal at Zeebrugge, Belgium. ConocoPhillips’ equity share allows it to ship approximately 200 MMCFD of natural gas to markets in continental Europe.
Refining
ConocoPhillips owns or has an interest in four refineries in
Europe, with an aggregate rated crude oil capacity of 610 MBD.
The company also has marketing operations through JET® and
Coop® outlets and convenience stores.
Humber Refinery
ConocoPhillips’ Humber Refinery is located in North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, and has a crude oil processing capacity of 221 MBD. Crude oil processed at the refinery is supplied primarily from the North Sea and includes light-, low- and medium-sulfur and acidic crude oils.
Humber is one of the most sophisticated refineries in Europe, a fully integrated facility that produces a high proportion of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel fuel. Humber’s fluid catalytic cracking unit/thermal cracking/coking configuration means that substantial volumes of other feedstocks, such as low-sulfur fuel oil and vacuum gas oil, are processed alongside crude oil to fully utilize Humber’s cracking capability. The refinery’s location on the east coast of England provides for cost-effective North Sea crude imports and product exports to European and U.S. markets.
The refinery also has two coking units with associated calcining plants that upgrade the heavy bottoms and imported feedstocks into light oil products and high-value graphite and anode petroleum cokes. Humber is the only coking refinery in the United Kingdom and is the world’s largest producer of specialty graphite cokes and Europe’s largest anode coke producer.
Approximately 60 percent of the light oils produced in the refinery are marketed in the United Kingdom, while the other products are exported to the rest of Europe and the United States.
Whitegate Refinery
The Whitegate Refinery is located in Cork, Ireland. Whitegate is Ireland’s only refinery and has a crude oil processing capacity of 71 MBD. Crude oil processed by the refinery is light, low-sulfur crude oil sourced mostly from the North Sea and North Africa. Refined products are distributed mostly inland, with some exported to international markets. ConocoPhillips also operates a crude oil and products storage complex with 8 MMBBL of storage facilitated by an offshore mooring buoy in Bantry Bay, Cork, Ireland.
Marketing
ConocoPhillips has marketing operations in select European countries through company-owned and dealer-owned JET® branded outlets. The company also has equity interest in a joint venture that markets products in Switzerland under the Coop® brand name.
ConocoPhillips markets aviation fuels, liquid petroleum gases, heating oils, transportation fuels, marine bunker fuels, fuel coke and bitumen to commercial customers and into the bulk or spot market. In addition, total Irish refinery production is sold to local and international oil companies and independent resellers in the inland Irish market.
As of March 31, 2010, R&M had approximately 1,227 marketing outlets in its European operations, of which approximately 883 were company-owned and 344 were dealer-owned. Through joint venture operations in Switzerland, ConocoPhillips has interests in 227 additional sites.
Power Generation
The focus of ConocoPhillips’ power business is on developing projects to support the company’s E&P and R&M strategies. While projects in place to enable these strategies are included within their respective segments, projects with a significant merchant component are included in the Emerging Businesses segment.
The Immingham Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant, a wholly owned 730-megawatt facility in the United Kingdom, provides steam and electricity to the Humber Refinery and steam to a neighboring refinery, as well as merchant power into the U.K. market. In December 2009, commercial operation began on a 450-megawatt expansion, bringing total capacity to 1,180 megawatts.
ConocoPhillips also owns a gas-fired cogeneration plant in Orange, Texas, as well as a 50 percent operating interest in Sweeny Cogeneration LP, a joint venture near the Sweeny Refinery Complex.
Commercial
One of the company’s four Commercial offices is housed in London, where employees manage worldwide commodity supply, marketing and trading needs.
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