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Galleon PM

Galleon PM is a fixed steel jacket gas production and wellhead platform in the Galleon field, Southern North Sea, UK Block 48/19. It came online in the early 1990s as part of the wider Sole Pit cluster and produces dry gas exported via the Clipper hub to the Bacton Gas Terminal. Operated remotely, it is unmanned and tied into regional infrastructure.

Operator: Shell

Status: Operational

Galleon PM platform photo

Image Source: Shell. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

Production: Gas

Operations start: 1994

Water depth: 28 m

Country: UK

Block: 48/19

Type: Fixed steel jacket

Field

The Galleon gas field lies in the Sole Pit area of the Southern North Sea, discovered in the mid-1970s and first producing gas in 1994. The field's reservoir is conventional** Lower Permian Leman Sandstone** developed via minimal facilities, with production routed into the Clipper processing hub. Galleon supports long-life gas export contributing into the UK's gas network.

Facilities

Galleon PM hosts multiple well slots tied into the field's steel jacket structure, flowing wellstreams into primary manifolds for export rather than extensive on-platform processing. Produced gas is conducted via subsea pipelines and control umbilicals to the nearby Clipper complex, where bulk separation, dehydration, compression and metering prepare gas for export to shore via a long-distance pipeline to the Bacton Gas Terminal. PM's topsides focus on well control, flow isolation, emergency shutdown systems, and remote telemetry; there is no significant topside gas conditioning. Power and instrument control are delivered from Clipper via subsea umbilicals, reducing offshore manning needs. The platform's design accommodates North Sea environmental loading and integrates safety systems aligned with UKCS requirements for unmanned installations.

Galleon PM layout
Image Source: Shell. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

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