Everest North
Everest North is a fixed steel jacket wellhead/production and accommodation platform on the Everest gas/condensate field in the Central North Sea, commissioned in 1993. It processes gas and condensate from its wells plus subsea satellite wells, and is bridge-linked to the CATS riser platform for export.
Operator: Chrysaor
Status: Operational
Image Source: Chrysaor. (All rights belong to the original owner.)
Production: Gas
Operations start: 1993
Water depth: 88 m
Country: UK
Block: 22/9
Type: Fixed steel jacket
Field
The Everest gasfield, discovered in 1982 in Blocks-22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a of the Central North Sea, produces gas and condensate from Palaeocene Forties and Andrew sandstone reservoirs. First production was in 1993. Fluids are gathered and routed via North Everest and the CATS infrastructure for export.
Facilities
North Everest's jacket supports drilled wells and subsea tie-backs from South Everest and East Everest. Topside facilities include multiphase separation, dehydration and compression trains for gas conditioning and condensate stabilisation. The platform houses accommodation and power generation, HVAC, instrument air, chemical injection systems for hydrate/corrosion control, produced water handling and robust safety systems (firewater, emergency shutdown). The 90-m bridge link to the unmanned CATS riser platform allows gas and liquids aggregation to export infrastructure: gas is piped via the 36-inch CATS pipeline to the onshore Teesside terminal, and liquids are routed through the Forties Pipeline System to onshore processing at Kinneil/Cruden Bay. Control and monitoring systems integrate North Everest with riser operations and export management.
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