page_title: Bouri Field
section_title: Field Development Since 2004
hierarchical_section_title: Bouri Field / Discovery and development / Field Development Since 2004
caption_attribution_description: English: Saipem 7000 in April 2006,in the Åmøyford, Norway. The vessel is holding station using its dynamic positioning system. The yellow construction on deck is a through leg pile jacket to be installed offshore Canada. The jacket will form the foundation for a Gas Compression platform which is part of the ExxonMobile Sable Island Development.
context_page_description: The Bouri Offshore Field is part of Block NC-41, which is located 120 kilometers north of the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea. It was first discovered in 1976 at a depth of 8,700 feet and is estimated to contain 4.5 billion barrels in proven recoverable crude oil reserves and 3.5 trillion cubic feet of associated natural gas with an annual production potential of 6 billion m³. Bouri is considered the largest producing oilfield in the Mediterranean.
context_section_description: In 2004, Agip Oil commissioned Saipem S.p.A. for additional development projects related to the Bouri Field. The project carried out through a joint venture between Saipem and Korea's Hyundai Corporation, which fabricated process and utility modules. Apart from drilling modules, designed and with fabrication follow up by Saipem, the contract covered installation of two drilling and production platforms in 160 meter water depths. Overall, twenty-seven modules, ranging in weight from 500 to 1700 tons, and totalling 26,000 tons, were installed. Work conducted on the Bouri Field DP-4 Rig, included; a Removal project: decommissioning and removal of one of the two drilling rigs and associated modules from the DP-4 platform. These operations were carried out utilising the Saipem 7000, which is the world's second largest crane vessel.
caption: Saipem 7000 is the world's second largest crane vessel.
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