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Harbour Energy are the largest UK listed independent oil and gas company, with a leading position in the UK North Sea with multiple international growth options and a strong balance sheet. The company is  producing over 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the North Sea and South East Asia.

Harbour has a broad set of international growth opportunities, including an attractive development and exploration portfolio and a management team with a track record of value creation through disciplined M&A transactions.

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GLOBAL OPERATIONS

UK

Harbour Energy's portfolio of licences in the UK comprises a mixture of producing assets, development, pre-development assets and exploration licences. UK offshore operated positions include Greater Britannia, J-Area, the AELE Hub, Solan, Catcher, the East Irish Sea and Tolmount Area in the southern North Sea. The company also have material non-operated stakes in numerous long-life assets including Clair, Buzzard, Beryl, Elgin/Franklin and Schiehallion.

Onshore, Harbour Energy own the Rivers terminal at Barrow-in-Furness and have interests in the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland.

The company's UK pipeline system interests include the Central Area Transmission System (CATS), European Transmission System (ETS), the Shearwater Elgin Area Line (SEAL), the Graben Area Export Line (GAEL), the West of Shetland Pipeline System (WoSPS) and the Brent Pipeline System.

AELE Hub

Armada - 100.0% operator
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% operator
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% operator
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).

Greater Britannia Area

Britannia - 58.7% operator
Britannia in Block 16/26 of the UK central North Sea sits approximately 210-kilometres north east of Aberdeen. The complex consists of a drilling, production and accommodation platform, a long-term compression module of mono-column design and a 90-metre bridge connected to a production and utilities platform. Britannia is one of the largest natural gas and condensate fields in the North Sea. Commercial production began in 1998. Condensate is delivered through the Forties Pipeline to the oil stabilisation and processing plant at Kerse of Kinneil near Grangemouth and natural gas is transported through a dedicated Britannia pipeline to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) facility at St Fergus.

Brodgar - 87.5% operator
Brodgar is a gas condensate accumulation located in Block 21/3a. This subsea development lies approximately 41 kilometres west of Britannia and produces via a subsea tie-back to the Britannia Bridge Linked Platform (BLP). Brodgar is controlled remotely from Britannia.

Callanish - 83.5% operator
The Callanish field lies approximately 25-kilometres from Britannia in Blocks 15/29b and 21/4aN. It was developed as a subsea tie-back to the Britannia BLP. It comprises two accumulations; a main field, which was discovered in 1999 and an outlier to the west separated by a structural saddle. Callanish is controlled remotely from Britannia.

Enochdhu - 50.0% operator
Enochdhu in Block 21/5a is a single well subsea tie-in to the Callanish manifold, which sits around 8-kilometres south-east of it. First production was achieved from Enochdhu in 2015.

Alder - 26.3% non-operated
Alder lies approximately 160-kilometres from the Scottish coastline and 60 kilometres from the UK median line. It is a high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) gas condensate field, which was developed via a single subsea well tied back to the Britannia BLP via a 28-kilometre production flowline. Fluids from Alder are processed on a dedicated module attached to the BLP prior to export.

Finlaggan - third party tie-back
Finlaggan gas condensate field in Licence P2013, Block 21/05c is a two-well subsea tie-back development to Britannia with operator Zennor Petroleum.

J-Area

Judy/Joanne - 67.0% operator
Judy and Joanne are in Block 30/7a of the UK central North Sea approximately 240-kilometres south-east of Aberdeen. They sit in Quadrant 30 of the J-Area (or J-Block) with overlapping reservoirs. Judy is a manned platform with accommodation, production, processing and gas injection equipment. Joanne is a subsea manifold with six subsea wells tied back to Judy. Commercial oil production and gas sales from Judy/Joanne began in 1997. After being processed on Judy, gas is transported through the CATS Pipeline and liquids are transported through the Norpipe system to Teesside.

Jade - 67.0% operator
Jade lies approximately 240-kilometres south east of Aberdeen in Block 30/2c. It is a high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) development, which consists of a normally unmanned installation (NUI) tied back via a subsea pipeline to the Judy facility from where all operations are controlled. Hydrocarbons from Jade were first discovered in 1995. Production from Jade is processed and exported through Judy.

Jasmine - 67.0% operator
Jasmine is a gas condensate field located in Blocks 30/6 and 30/7 of the UK central North Sea approximately 255 kilometres south east of Aberdeen. It is part of the J-Block first round licence awarded in 1964 and is the fourth development in the J-Area after Judy, Joanne and Jade. The development consisting of a 24-slot wellhead platform (JWHP) with bridge-linked accommodation, came onstream in 2013. The JWHP is tied back to the Judy platform to the east via an 8-kilometre pipeline and a riser platform at Judy. Production from Jasmine is processed and exported through Judy.

Catcher area - 50.0% operator

Catcher lies in block 28/9a of the UK central North Sea approximately 174 kilometres from Aberdeen in water depths of around 90 metres. The Catcher discovery was made by an exploration well drilled in May 2010. The area produces from 18 subsea wells on Catcher, Varadero and Burgman. These are a combination of production and water injection wells, which are tied back to a newly built and leased floating, production, storage, offloading (FPSO) vessel. BW Offshore owns and operates the Catcher FPSO. Oil is offloaded by tankers and gas is reinjected into the reservoir. First oil was delivered from Catcher in December 2017, Varadero in January 2018 and Burgman in May 2018.

West of Shetland

Solan - 100.0% operator
Solan lies in Block 205/26a of the UK continental shelf. It is 96 kilometres North West of the Orkney Islands and 135 kilometres 135 kilometres west of Shetland. The Solan field, which lies in a water depth of 135 metres comprises three producing wells and two injector wells tied back to a normally unmanned conventional steel platform. Oil is produced into a 300,000-barrel subsea storage tank and offloaded via shuttle tanker. First oil was achieved from Solan in April 2016.

Southern North Sea

Tolmount - 50.0% operated
The Tolmount gas field is situated in Block 42/28d, in the UK southern North Sea. It was discovered in 2011 with further appraisal drilling in 2013. The Tolmount platform was successfully installed in October 2020. First gas is scheduled for Q2 2021. The Greater Tolmount Area includes the Tolmount East discovery which is being progressed towards a final investment decision.

Johnston - operator 50.1%
Johnston is a dry gas accumulation discovered in 1990 and is located in Blocks 43/26a and 43/27a in the UK southern North Sea. The field was developed with two horizontal development wells drilled from a four-slot subsea template, tied back to Ravenspurn North. Production commenced in 1994. After processing at Ravenspurn North, gas was exported to the Perenco-operated terminal at Dimlington.

East Irish Sea

Harbour Energy's East Irish Sea assets consist of the sweet gas Millom and Dalton fields and the sour gas Rivers fields along with the onshore Rivers terminal.

Rivers fields - 100.0% (Operated on Harbour Energy's behalf by Spirit Energy)
The Rivers fields comprise Calder, Darwen, Crossans and Asland. The only field in production is Calder in Block 110/7a, which was developed via a minimum facilities platform with three wells. The other Rivers fields may be tied back to Calder contingent on an economic development plan. Gas is exported from Calder via a dedicated 49-kilometre, 24-inch pipeline to the Rivers terminal at Barrow-in-Furness

Rivers terminal - 100.0% (Operated on Harbour Energy's behalf by Spirit Energy)
The Rivers terminal receives wet sour gas (gas containing inert nitrogen and hydrogen sulphide (H2S)), separates the liquids, compresses the gas to export pressure, sweetens it by removing the H2S, then forwards it to the North Morecambe terminal for further processing. Within the Rivers terminal is an acid plant, which converts the H2S and mercaptans (compounds containing both sulphur and hydrocarbon) removed from the gas to sulphuric acid and the removed liquids are sweetened before being forwarded to North Morecambe terminal.

Millom and Dalton - 100.0% (Operated on Harbour Energy's behalf by Hydrocarbon Resources)
Millom extends over Blocks 110/2c, 113/6a and 113/27a. It is an unmanned wellhead platform and subsea template controlled from the North Morecambe terminal. Discovered in 1982, first production was in 1999. Dalton in Block 110/2b is a subsea template which is also controlled from the North Morecambe terminal. It was discovered in 1991 with first production in 1999. Sweet natural gas from Millom and Dalton are exported through the North Morecambe platform to the North Morecambe terminal.

Non-operated

Harbour Energy has material non-operated interests in numerous long-life producing assets in the UK. These include:

• Alder
• Beryl
• Buzzard
• Clair
• Elgin/Franklin & Glenelg
• Erskine    
• Ravenspurn North
• Schiehallion

The company also hold a number of non-operated interests in fields that have ceased production and are in or are entering decommissioning as well as non-operated exploration, appraisal and pre-development interests.

Contact:

The Capitol Building, 431 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DA, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1224 086000

Rubislaw House, Anderson Drive, Aberdeen AB15 6FZ, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1224 205000

BRAZIL

Block CE-M-717 (50% operated interest); Block CE-M-661 (30% non-operated interest)
Harbour Energy holds an operated interest in Block CE-M-717 in Brazil's Ceará Basin and a 30 percent non-operated interest in Block CE-M-661.

The Ceará basin is a Cretaceous rift basin with world-class oil-prone source rocks. Harbour Energy expect to drill our first well on Block CE-M-717 in 2022, targeting the stacked Berimbau and Maraca prospects.

Contact:

Rua Lauro Muller, 116 – Sala 2006, Torre Rio Sul Shopping, 20° andar, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tel: +55 (21) 3550 7000

FALKLAND ISLANDS

Harbour Energy has a 60 percent operated interest in PL032, which contains the fully-appraised Sea Lion field. The company also have a 36 percent interest in PL004 with a farm-out proposed, which harmonises interests across their licences in the Falkland Islands at 40 percent.

Map source: Harbour Energy

The company's licences in the North Falklands Basin lie 220 kilometres north of the Falkland Islands.

In 2020, work on the Sea Lion Phase 1 pre-development project, which is aiming to develop 250 mmbbls of gross resource from PL032 using a conventional floating production storage offtake (FPSO) scheme, was suspended due to market conditions.

Contact: 

Falkland Islands Business Unit - London office (FIBU)
23 Lower Belgrave Street, London SW1W 0NR, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7730 1111

Stanley office (FIBU)
Argos House, H Jones Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
Tel: +500 22069

INDONESIA

Harbour Energy has a dominant position in the Natuna Sea delivering gas into Singapore.

Map source: Harbour Energy

Natuna Sea Block A (28.67% operated interest)
Lying near the maritime borders between Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, Natuna Sea Block A is a major supplier of gas to Singapore.

The block consists of seven producing fields – Anoa, Gajah Baru, Pelikan, Naga, Bison, Iguana and Gajah-Puteri. These have been developed through a combination of platforms and subsea tiebacks.

Gas is delivered from Natuna Sea Block A to Singapore through the West Natuna Transportation System.

Tuna Block (50% operated interest)
Harbour Energy's operated interest in the Tuna offshore block close to the Indonesian Vietnam maritime border was awarded by the Indonesian Government in March 2007. The c. 100 mmboe Tuna field was discovered in April 2014 and will be appraised via a two well programme in 2021.

Andaman Area (20-40% interest)
Harbour Energy has built a material position in the Andaman Sea, offshore Aceh, with interests in Andaman I, Andaman II and South Andaman. The company plan to drill our first well in the Andaman Sea in 2022 on their 40 percent operated Andaman II licence.

Contact: 

CIBIS NINE Building Lantal 19, CIBIS Business Park, JI. TB Simatupang No. 2, Jakarta 12560, Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 5086 3000

MEXICO

Harbour Energy has an interest in the giant Zama field in Mexico’s Sureste basin and exposure to material exploration upside through their other offshore licences.

Block 7 (25% non-operated interest), Sureste Basin
Harbour Energy has a 25 percent interest in Block 7, in the shallow water Sureste Basin in the Gulf of Mexico. Block 7 contains the giant Zama field which extends into the neighbouring block which is 100 percent owned by Pemex. The Block 7 partners and Pemex continue to progress Zama towards a targeted late 2021 final investment decision (FID).

Block 30 (30% non-operated interest), Sureste Basin
The company have a 30 percent non-operated interest in Block 30, which is located directly to the south of the Zama field in the Sureste Basin. Two prospects, Wahoo and Pike, are targeted for drilling in 2022.

Blocks 11 and 13 (100% operated interests), Burgos Basin
Harbour Energy has a 100 percent interest in Block 11 and Block 13 in the highly prospective Burgos basin inboard of the prolific deep water Peridido fold belt.

NORWAY

Harbour Energy first entered Norway in March 2018 via acquisition of an interest in the PL038D licence holding the Grevling discovery, which lies approximately 28 kilometres northeast of the Armada facilities in Block 15/12A of the UK Continental Shelf.

Map source: Harbour Energy

In October 2018, the company completed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire equity in Grevling. This provided an option to extend equity in the future and for Harbour Energy to assume operatorship of PL973, which took place in 2019.

On 19 January 2021 Harbour Energy were awarded a total of six licences with a variety of work programmes in the Norwegian APA 2020 Offshore Licensing Round (Awards in Predefined Areas). Three of these licenses are operated (PL1114; PL1093; PL1087) with the remaining three operated by Lundin (PL1092; PL1089) and Neptune (PL1113). The six licenses cover 18 blocks with Chrysaor Norge holding an average working interest in these blocks of 45%.

In 2021, the company will drill the first of their operated Norwegian wells on PL973 at the Jerv and Ilder prospects.

Contact:

Visiting address: Haakon VII’s Gate 1, 4th Floor, 0161 Oslo, Norway

Postal address: Postboks 1337 Vika, 0112 Oslo, Norway

VIETNAM

Harbour Energy's operations in Vietnam are focused on their operated Chim Sáo and Dua oil fields in Block 12W.

Block 12W (53.13% operated interest)
The Chim Sáo oil field was discovered in 2006 and first oil was achieved in October 2011. Oil production is exported via a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, and gas is exported by pipeline to Vung Tau near Ho Chi Minh City.

The Dua oil and gas field was subsequently developed as a subsea tie-back to Chim Sáo with first production achieved in July 2014.

Contact:

5th floor, Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City, 33 Le Duan Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: +84 28 3910 5788

LEADERSHIP

Linda Cook Chief Executive Officer
Phil Kirk President and Chief Executive Officer, Europe
Alexander Krane Chief Financial Officer
Stuart Wheaton Head of International Business
Glenn Brown Head of Subsurface and Portfolio
Stuart Cooper Head of Corporate Strategy, Commercial and Business Development
Howard Landes General Counsel/Legal
Andrew Osborne Head of Special Projects

KeyFacts Energy: Harbour Energy UK country profile