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Elgin WHP B

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.

Operator: Total

Status: Operational

Elgin WHP B platform photo

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

Production: Gas

Operations start: 2012

Water depth: 92 m

Country: UK

Block: 22/30c

Type: Fixed steel jacket

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.

Elgin WHP B layout
Image Source: Total. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

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