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Goldeneye Gas Platform

Goldeneye Gas Platform is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Goldeneye Gas Platform rather than just read about it. In short: Goldeneye Gas Platform was an unmanned and now demolished offshore gas production platform in North Sea block 14/29, in the South Halibut basin area of the outer Moray Firth, 105 km northeast of St Fergus Gas Plant in Scotland. Field The field was discovered in October 1996 with well 14/29a-3.

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Reference excerpt

Goldeneye Gas Platform was an unmanned and now demolished offshore gas production platform in North Sea block 14/29, in the South Halibut basin area of the outer Moray Firth, 105 km northeast of St Fergus Gas Plant in Scotland.

Field The field was discovered in October 1996 with well 14/29a-3. The field extends into blocks 14/28b, 20/30b and 20/4b. The reservoir is a lower cretaceous Captain sandstone with high rates of production, up to 2.8 million cubic metres (100 million cubic feet) per day at standard conditions per well and lies at a depth of 2,500 metres (8,300 ft).

Infrastructure The jacket was a four-legged piled structure weighing 3,500 tonnes, anchored by eight piles weighing 2,500 tonnes. The jacket supported the 1,000 tonnes topsides. The topsides were designed by SLP Engineering Ltd. Production was from five wells with well fluids separated by a single vertical separator vessel. Separated liquids were re-injected into the export gas stream without further treatment. Facilities were provided for the installation of a future produced water coalescer and flash drum. Gas and liquid were piped ashore to St Fergus under well pressure, via a 20 inch pipeline without using compressors, where it was processed. It operated in 120 metres (390 ft) of water.

Production Production started in 2004 and ceased in 2011. It had a potential use for carbon dioxide storage. The topsides and jacket were removed in September 2021 and taken to Vats, Norway for dismantling and recycling. Like most North Sea fields operated by Shell, it is named after a bird - in this case Bucephala clangula, a small duck found in Scotland and elsewhere.

See also Operation Goldeneye - World War II operation involving Ian Fleming

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Goldeneye Gas Platform

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Goldeneye Gas Platform claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Goldeneye Gas Platform before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Goldeneye Gas Platform ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Goldeneye Gas Platform

In research: Goldeneye Gas Platform appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Goldeneye Gas Platform in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Goldeneye Gas Platform is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2004 establishments in Scotland, Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire, Natural gas platforms, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Goldeneye Gas Platform outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Goldeneye Gas Platform matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Goldeneye Gas Platform?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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