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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, is a leading upstream business in the UK North Sea and operator of the Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Scott assets.
The Golden Eagle oilfield is an offshore oil field in Scottish territorial waters in water depths of up to 114 metres (374 ft). Located around 70 miles (110 km) north-east of Aberdeen, it occupies licence block 20/1N. The nearby Peregrine field (block 20/1S) and Solitaire field (block 14/26a) also form part of the Golden Eagle Area Development.
A four-well infill campaign, completed in 2021, added significant, immediate production to the asset. The campaign was delivered with no reportable HSE incidents, ahead of schedule and under budget. This and further planned infill campaigns have generated a requirement for additional process control instrumentation. Two differential pressure flow meters were specified for gas lift measurement duty. As the sole UK representative for McCrometer, and therefore for the only true V-Cone flowmeter, ABLE were approached for the supply of the instruments. With a successful track record of supply to all of the CNOOC assets (Golden Eagle, Buzzard and Scott), ABLE has established terms and conditions with CNOOC which facilitated a swift commercial agreement for the supply. ABLE will be providing two-off 3” meters with 1500# RTJ flanges. Manufacture will be qualified as “Special Material” with the meter bodies made from low temperature carbon steel (LTCS) and the cone made from stainless steel. These ATEX meters will be specially painted IAW.