Serica Energy

Project: Bruce Platform Level Indicator Upgrade
Location: UK Sector, Northern North Sea
Products: Float Level Switches & Chambers

Serica is a British-based independent upstream oil and gas company with operations centred on the UK North Sea. The Company is currently building a portfolio of assets whereby it can utilise its technical, commercial and operating capabilities to add value to existing producing resources.

This model has been proven through their producing asset, Erskine, in which they are in partnership with Chevron & Chrysaor, and on the 30th November 2018, Serica completed the acquisition of major interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields, where they took over as operator. These fields are a mixture of late-life and mid-life, largely gas producing assets where further investment can enhance recovery and extend field life.

As level instrumentation suppliers to the original Bruce area development, ABLE were approached by Serica to supply new Float Level Switches in carbon steel chambers for high and low-level alarm duties on the platform’s Closed Drain Drum vessels.

The Bruce complex is located in blocks 9/9a, 9/8a and 9/9b. It lies 340km to the northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland in the UK Sector of the Northern North Sea.
The Bruce complex consists of three bridge-linked platforms:

A Production Utilities Quarters Platform with quarters for crew (max. 168 persons);
A Drilling Platform; and
A Compression/Reception Platform which hosts reception and compression facilities.

The subsea Keith and Rhum fields are both tied back to the Bruce complex where they are transported and processed for export. Gas is exported via the Frigg pipeline to the St Fergus terminal and liquids are exported via the Forties Pipeline System.