Type:
Oil
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
42
Installed:
1972
meters
Block:
5505/17
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
870
Topsides Wgt:
100
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Dan A is a fixed steel jacket wellhead platform in the Danish North Sea, installed in 1971 as part of the original Dan Bravo complex and brought on production in 1972. It produces oil and associated gas and is bridge-linked to the Dan B processing and accommodation platform. Dan A hosts multiple well slots and serves as a principal wellhead interface for the Dan field’s original infrastructure.
Field
The Dan field, discovered in 1971, was Denmark’s first commercial offshore oil field and began production in 1972. It produces oil with associated gas from Upper Cretaceous chalk reservoirs. The field layout comprises several wellhead platforms tied into central processing hubs, historically enabling significant Danish offshore production and incorporating satellite fields such as Kraka and Regnar.
Facilities
Dan A includes multiple production well slots drilled into the chalk reservoir. It lacks significant independent processing; well fluids are routed via bridge connections to Dan B and onwards to Dan FC, where primary three-phase separation, gas conditioning and stabilization occur. Utility systems on Dan A are limited to power for well control, safety monitoring, emergency shutdown systems, and communications. Integrated subsea and topside pipelines, risers and umbilicals link Dan A into the broader Dan Bravo network, enabling coordinated production management and export. Export routes from the Dan complex interface with the Gorm E platform for stabilized oil and via pipelines to the Tyra hub for gas, ensuring the offshore hub is seamlessly tied into Denmark’s mid- and downstream infrastructure. Safety and control systems are engineered to operate in ~40–45-m water depths with robust fire and gas detection and remote monitoring capability.
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