Type:
Gas
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
62
Installed:
2012
meters
Block:
42/13a
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
2300
Topsides Wgt:
1200
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
The Breagh Alpha platform is a fixed, normally unmanned gas production platform in the Breagh gas field of the UK Southern North Sea. Installed in ~2011/2013, it processes dry gas for export to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant. It hosts wells, minimal separation and export infrastructure, with no permanent accommodation.
Field
The Breagh field lies in Blocks 42/13a and 42/12a of the Southern North Sea, discovered in 1997 and producing gas since 2013. The reservoir is Lower Carboniferous sandstone with substantial gas in place and is developed in phases with Breagh Alpha and planned eastern developments.
Facilities
The Breagh Alpha platform stands on a four-leg jacket with an integrated minimum facilities topside hosting up to ~12 well slots and around eight production wells. It includes inlet manifolds, corrosion/scale chemical injection, and bulk liquid knock-out. Gas is conditioned to export specification and routed via a 20-inch, ~100-km pipeline to shore at Coatham Sands and onward to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP) for dehydration and entry into the UK network. Utility systems include remote-operated safety shutdown, fire & gas detection, power for instrumentation, and subsea control for wells. Produced water handling is minimal given low water cut. There is no accommodation; the platform is unmanned with periodic interventions. Flow assurance infrastructure includes methanol injection facilities and pigging connections. Export and control umbilicals tie the platform to subsea wells and the shore terminal’s SCADA systems.
Similar Platforms
SUBMIT YOUR STORIES AND PHOTOS
RigOil is built on the stories of the people who lived and worked offshore. If you have photos or memories from life on a North Sea platform, we’d love to include them in the archive.
Upload your photos and help preserve this shared history.*
*By submitting content, you confirm you have the right to share it and grant RigOil a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use the material for editorial, promotional, and commercial purposes. Copyright remains with the contributor.