Type:
Gas
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
31.2
Installed:
1976
meters
Block:
K-Block
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
19243
Topsides Wgt:
53614
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
K8-FA-1 is a major fixed jacket integrated platform in the Netherlands’ Southern North Sea (Block K8), installed in 1977 with production commencing around 1978. It functions as a drilling, production, and processing hub for the K8 field and ties into wider infrastructure, including export pipelines to K14 installations for gas processing.
Field
The K8 field, in Block K8, produces conventional natural gas from Rotliegendes sandstone, part of the K7-K12 gas province. Discovered circa 1970, the field supports multiple platforms and satellite structures tied to the central K8-FA-1, handling high-calorific gas. Its development reflects early offshore gas exploitation in the Dutch North Sea.
Facilities
K8-FA-1 hosts drilling and production wells, receiving both its own wells and tie-backs from satellites K8-FA-2 and K8-FA-3. The topsides include multiphase separation trains for gas, condensate, and water; gas dehydration and compression modules; and export metering. Post-2000 operations simplified to export dry gas via a major pipeline to the K14-FA-1C processing/compression hub. Export routes to shore integrate into the Dutch gas grid. Utilities encompass onboard power generation (typically gas turbine sets with redundancy), water treatment and injection support, and integrated control systems for unmanned or supervisory control from nearby hubs. Accommodation is typically located on adjacent linked platforms (e.g., K8-FA-1P). Structural design supports drilling derricks, processing modules, and helideck facilities.
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