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Located about 96 km northeast of Aberdeen in approximately 96 m of water, the Nexen-operated Buzzard platform is the largest UK North Sea oil discovery in the past two decades. BPII is a subsea development of the Buzzard northern area. The objective of this project is to safely develop additional reserves and bring new production on stream, supporting the goal of maximizing economic recovery in the North Sea.
The selected concept is a subsea development of the Buzzard northern area, approx. 5km NE of Buzzard consisting of a 12-slot manifold (eight production slots and four water injection). The development will be tied back to the existing Buzzard complex with a pipeline bundle assembly incorporating pipelines, manifolds, subsea controls and chemical injection. A brownfield module is to be installed on the production platform for processing and export via current export pipeline routes.
WorleyParsons UK, who are providing EPC services for the topsides module, including module fabrication, brownfield scopes, module landing preparation and the associated tie-ins, approached ABLE Instruments for a V-Cone Flow Meter for deployment on the Slugcatcher Gas Outlet Flow. In view of the high levels of corrosive and toxic agents in the process (H2S, CO2, Hg) the meter is to be manufactured in Super Duplex. ABLE have a strong supply legacy with the Buzzard assets, having equipped the original platform with the nucleonics and allocation metering packages.