Type:
Oil
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
112
Installed:
1950
meters
Block:
46219
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
0
Topsides Wgt:
0
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Brae Alpha is a fixed steel jacket offshore platform in the UK Central North Sea, installed in the early 1980s as the main production and processing hub of the Brae oilfield. It supports production, drilling and accommodation functions and historically served multiple subsea tie-backs.
Field
The Brae oilfield, located in UKCS Block 16/7a, comprises South, Central and West accumulations with associated gas. Discovered in the mid-1970s, it produces oil and gas from stacked reservoirs. Brae Alpha began producing in 1983 and sits in ~110-m of water with significant liquids and gas reserves.
Facilities
Brae Alpha hosts drilling facilities, production wellheads, separation and basic processing equipment for oil, gas and associated liquids. The topsides include multiphase separators, three-phase separation trains, crude and gas handling systems, water injection capabilities and produced water treatment. Accommodation and utility decks support offshore operations with power generation, water treatment, fire and safety systems, and control rooms. Export infrastructure includes connections to the Brae-Forties pipeline system for oil and liquids export to Kinneil and gas export via tie-in to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) pipeline to St Fergus. The platform managed subsea tie-backs from multiple Brae Area reservoirs, coordinated power distribution across linked installations and maintained stable processing in harsh North Sea conditions.
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