Type:
Gas
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
26
Installed:
2000
meters
Block:
48/20a
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
297
Topsides Wgt:
130
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Skiff PS is a normally unmanned, minimal facilities platform located in the Southern North Sea’s Sole Pit area, installed around 2000. It serves as the wellhead installation for the Skiff field, producing primarily natural gas. Skiff PS is physically tied via a pipeline to the Clipper complex where central processing and export occur.
Field
The Skiff field is a shallow-water gas field in Block 48/20a of the Southern North Sea, discovered in the mid-1990s and brought into production around 2000. It produces conventional dry gas from Permian-aged sandstone reservoirs. As a small accumulation, it is developed with a simple platform and tied back to larger infrastructure rather than standalone processing.
Facilities
Skiff PS comprises a small steel jacket platform supporting a handful of production wells and manifold structures. The installation has minimal topside facilities, focusing on wellhead support, flow control, and metering. Gas flow from Skiff’s wells is routed through subsea lines and a dedicated pipeline to the Clipper gas processing complex, which provides full separation, dehydration, compression, and export functions. Utilities on Skiff PS itself are limited to well control systems, minimal electric power (often via umbilical from Clipper or local generation for control systems), chemical injection for hydrate and corrosion control, and instrumentation for remote monitoring. There is no significant separation or compression plant at Skiff; these functions are performed at Clipper. Control and safety systems link Skiff PS to the host installation, enabling remote shutdown and emergency isolation. Produced fluids (gas with minor condensate) enter the Clipper processing train, after which gas is exported via pipeline to the Bacton Gas Terminal.
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