Champion oil field
Champion Oil Field in the afternoon of 3 August 2020
Champion oil field is located in Brunei
Champion oil field
Location of Champion oil field
CountryBrunei
RegionBrunei-Muara
Offshore/onshoreOffshore
Coordinates5°12′36″N 114°44′31″E / 5.2100°N 114.7419°E / 5.2100; 114.7419
OperatorsBrunei Shell Petroleum
Service contractorsHHI : Champion 7

Emtunga : Champion 7 McDermott : Champion B2/3

JDR :
Field history
Discovery1970
Start of production1972
Peak of production2006

Champion oil field also known as Champion Field is a complex oil and gas field, situated 40 kilometres north-northwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, in water depths of 10 to 45 metres. The shallow part of the field is covered by coral reefs.[1][2]

History

1970s

Champion field was discovered in 1970 by Champion-1 which is drilled in its most northern part. first oil platform was completed in 1972, to produce from shallow, oil-bearing intervals. 1974, a blow-out at Champion-41 caused a delay in the appraisal/development operations and to compensate for this delay, eight isolated appraisal wells were drilled in 1975 - 1976.[3]

The Champion West field was discovered in 1975 by well CW-1 and it is located approximately 7 km north-northwest of the Champion Main field and 15 km northeast of Iron Duke. The depth of Champion West's area is approximately 40 m.[4]

A blow-out occurred in the northern part of the main Champion field in well CP-141, in early 1979. A grid concept for platform location was introduced for the shallow part of the main field in 1978 which consists of the bulk of the known oil reserves to ensure most of the future draining are within easy reach of a platform location.

1980s-1990s

Construction of the centralised field facilities at Champion-7 began in 1980 until 1983.

As of 1996, 282 wells have been drilled, of which 118 are producing. The Peragam field lies directly below the producing Champion field and it was discovered by the Peragam-1 exploration well in 1990, Kasmadi Kaling and O'Rourke in 1993. Peragam-1 discovery was CW-8, drilled in early 1992 from the Champion West well jacket CWWJ-2 to test the oil and gas development of the shallower reservoirs. In 1996, it had a production rate of 1.5 million m3/day of gas from PGM-2.[5]

2000s-2010s

In 2006, Brunei reached its peak of production with 220,000 b/d to become the third largest producer of oil and gas in Asia but the depletion of the fields generated the decline of production down to 141,000 b/d in 2012.[6]

Levels

It is divided into 5 levels because of the level of thickness.

Numbers Levels Distance Horizons
1 Very Shallow 600metres H1.0 and shallower
2 Shallow 600 to 1,500 metres H1.0 - P1.0 horizons
3 Intermediate 1,500 to 2,150 metres P1.0 - S1.0 horizons
4 Deep 2,150 metres to the top of the hard overpressures S1.0 - V1.0 horizons
5 Ultra Deep hard overpressured section V1.0 - V4.0 horizons

Platforms

  • Champion-1
  • Champion-7 (Main Complex Platform)
  • Champion-11
  • Champion-41
  • Champion-37
  • Champion-38
  • Champion-39

References

  1. ↑ "Champion Oil Field - A Barrel Full". abarrelfull.wikidot.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  2. ↑ Wee, Thierry; Turco, Agostino; McIlroy, Roger; de Boer, Frank; Cramer, Ronald; Dolan, Michael J. (2008-01-01). Brunei Shell Petroleum Champion Field Gas-lift Optimization Project - FieldWare Production Universe Implementation in a Brown Field. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/120461-MS. ISBN 978-1-55563-977-8.
  3. ↑ "Champion and Nearby Fields". BSP Brunei. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Champion West". BSP Brunei.
  5. ↑ "Peragam". BSP Brunei.
  6. ↑ "Brunei Key Projects and Business Highlights". 2b1stconsulting. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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