The Armada gas field complex is a group of natural gas fields located in the Central North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 250 kilometres (155.3 mi) NE of Aberdeen, within the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. The field is operated by BG Group

BG Group

BG Group plc is a global oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It has a major Liquefied Natural Gas ...

. The complex consists of several fields developed via a central platform located in 88 metres (288.7 ft) of water. The field was discovered in 1980. Development approval was granted in 1994 and production started in 1997. The gas is exported via the Central Area Transmission System

Central Area Transmission System

The Central Area Transmission System is a natural gas transportation system from the Central North Sea to Teesside in England.-History:...

 through a link to the Everest gasfield

Everest gasfield

The Everest gasfield is located in the Central North Sea, east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf blocks 22/9, 22/10a and 22/14a. The gasfield was discovered by Amoco in 1982 with first gas produced in 1993. Until 2009, the field was operated by BP...

. Oil is exported via the Forties oil field to Grangemouth. The fields had a maximum production rate of 450 Mcuft/d and 24 koilbbl/d.

Fields

All fields are named after British sailors who fought the Spanish Armada

Spanish Armada

This article refers to the Battle of Gravelines, for the modern navy of Spain, see Spanish NavyThe Spanish Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England to stop English...

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• Fleming - this field has a Palaeocene Maureen Formation turbidite sandstone reservoir pinching out to the east. It is developed via 6 extended reach wells.
• Drake - This field has a Jurassic Ula Formaion sandtsone reservoir and is developed via two production wells.
• Hawkins - This field has a Jurassic sandstone reservoir and is developed via a single well.
• Seymour - SW Seymour has a Jurassic reservoir and is developed via a single well from the platform. NW Seymour is an oilfield developed via a single sub-sea well.

The Maria Field, located in adjacent UKCS block 16/29 a is developed via a sub-sea manifold tied back to the Armada Platform.