Type:
Condensate
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
92
Installed:
2012
meters
Block:
22/30c
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
3400
Topsides Wgt:
2700
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Elgin WHP B is a wellhead platform within the Elgin-Franklin complex in the UK North Sea Central Graben. Installed in 2012–14 to supplement well capacity, it is bridge-linked to Elgin WHP A and contributes fluids to the central PUQ processing platform.
Field
Part of the HPHT Elgin-Franklin fields producing gas and condensate from Fulmar sandstone reservoirs east of Aberdeen. WHP B enables additional production wells and ties into the complex’s export infrastructure.
Facilities
Elgin WHP B is supported on a steel jacket with multiple well slots drilled into Elgin and satellite reservoirs. It collects multiphase fluids and transfers them via the bridge network to Elgin WHP A and then to the central PUQ platform for separation, dehydration, and export. Facilities include wellhead controls, chemical injection systems, safety shutdown valves, and electrical/instrument interfaces. Utility functions are limited to control power and emergency systems, with primary processing centralized at the PUQ. Structural provisions include helideck and lifeboat stations. Integration via umbilicals and bridge cabling ensures coordinated well operation and monitoring from PUQ’s central control system, with export routing through SEAL (gas) and GAEL/FPS (condensate) pipelines.
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