Greater Stella Area
The Ithaca Energy operated Greater Stella Area is located in the heart of the Central Graben area of the Central North Sea, on the UK Continental Shelf. It is an area surrounded by various large producing fields, predominantly operated by the Majors, and numerous undeveloped discoveries.
The Greater Stella Area covers the Stella, Harrier, Abigail and Vorlich production fields. The fields are nearing economic life and are in ultra late life operations. Oil production is exported down ConocoPhillips operated NorPipe system and gas via Kellas Midstream operated CATS system.
The Stella Field
The Stella field lies approximately 158 miles (255 km) East of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Central Graben Area of the Central North Sea in water depths of about 295 feet (90 m). Discovered in 1979 in Block 30/6-2. The Stella field is a 6 well subsea tieback to the FPF-1 production facility and produces from the Stella Andrew sandstone reservoir containing light oil and rich gas condensate and the Stella Ekofisk reservoir containing a volatile oil.
Ithaca equity 100%. First production February 2017.
The Harrier field
The Harrier field lies approximately 158 miles (255 km) East of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Central Graben Area of the Central North Sea in water depths of about 295 feet (90 m). Discovered in 2003 in Block 30/6-4. The Harrier field is 1 well subsea tieback to the FPF-1 production facilities and the field comprises the Harrier Ekofisk and Harrier Tor chalk reservoirs, both containing gas condensate. Stella and Harrier are about 7 km apart, but equidistant from Aberdeen.
Ithaca equity 100%. First production June 2018.
The Vorlich Field
The Vorlich field lies approximately 150 miles (241 km) east of Aberdeen, Scotland in the Central North Sea in water depths of about 262 feet (80 m). The Vorlich field contains hydrocarbons in a Palaeocene sandstone reservoir and production is via 2 wells tied back to the FPF-1 floating production facility, which lies at the centre of the Greater Stella Area production hub.
Ithaca equity 34%, bp equity 66%. First production November 2020.
The Abigail field
The Abigail field lies approximately 152 miles (245 km) East of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Central Graben Area of the Central North Sea in water depths of about 295 feet (90 m). Discovered in 1995 in Block 29/10. The Abigail field is 1 well subsea tieback to the FPF-1 production facilities and the field comprises the Paleocene Andrew and Eocene Forties formations, both containing oil.
Ithaca equity 100%. First production October 2022.
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