AELE

22 kboepd (2023 production)

Production from Armada, Everest, Lomond and Erskine (AELE) averaged 22 kboepd (2022: 27 kboepd). Production efficiency was lower in the second half due to extended shutdowns at Everest and Lomond. Well intervention activities executed late in 2023 are expected to help partially offset natural decline in 2024. Further, Harbour plans to drill the North West Seymour well in 2024 which, together with plant modifications, has the potential to extend Armada’s producing life beyond 2030.

Armada – 100.0% operated

Armada sits in Block 22/5b of the UK North Sea, 244 kilometres east of Aberdeen. It consists of the Drake, Hawkins and Fleming gas/condensate fields, with SW and NW Seymour, and Maria fields in the UK sector and the Rev and Gaupe fields (third-party fields) in the Norwegian sector tied back to Armada. Gas is exported via the CATS pipeline to Teesside, while the produced liquids go via the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) to the Kinneil processing plant at Grangemouth.

Everest – 100.0% operated

North Everest in Block 22/10a-A is a combined wellhead/production/quarters platform. It produces gas and condensate from North Everest, the South Everest subsea wellheads and Everest East Expansion (EEE) wells. Well products from South Everest are transported by subsea pipeline to the CATS Riser Platform to be combined with North Everest well streams for processing. The CATS Riser Platform sits adjacent to and is bridge-linked to North Everest. Gas is exported via the CATS pipeline to Teesside, while produced liquids go via the FPS to Kinneil.

Lomond – 100.0% operated

Lomond is a combined wellhead/production/quarters platform, located in Block 23/21a. It lies approximately 268 kilometres east of Aberdeen and processes gas and condensate from the Lomond and Erskine fields. Production from Lomond is exported via a 57.8-kilometre gas and condensate export pipeline to the CATS Riser Platform at North Everest from where it is exported to the FPS (condensate) and the CATS Terminal at Teesside (gas).

Erskine – 32.0% non-operated

Erskine is a complex high pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) gas/condensate field located in Block 23/26b of the UK Central North Sea. Production from Erskine is exported via infield pipelines to Lomond and the CATS Riser Platform at North Everest from where it is exported to the FPS (condensate) and the CATS Terminal at Teesside (gas).

Armada platform helideck
Everest platform East elevation
Everest platform facing North-West
Lomond platform
Everest platform bridge