Kaliakra gas field

Kaliakra gas field
Country	Bulgaria
Region	Black Sea
Block	Kaliakra Production Concession
Offshore/onshore	Offshore
Operator	Petroceltic
Field history
Discovery	2007 (Melrose)
Start of development	2008 (Melrose)
Start of production	November 2010 (Melrose)

The Kaliakra gas field is a natural gas field located on the continental shelf of the Black Sea located approximately 30km Southeast of Varna, Bulgaria. It was discovered by Melrose Resources plc in 2007 and brought on production in November 2010 through a subsea wellhead and tie-back pipeline to the Galata field platform infrastructure to the West.

Discovery

The Kaliakra gas field was discovered in late 2007 by Melrose Resources plc, the discovery well was drilled using the Atwood Southern Cross semi-submersible drilling rig.

Development

The majority of the operational development project work for the Kaliakra field development plan was undertaken during 2010 by Melrose Resources plc. The field came on production in November 2010.

Production and Reserves

The total proven reserves of the Kaliakra gas field are around 960 million cubic metres (34 billion cubic feet) at standard conditions, and production is stated to be around 570 thousand m³ (20 million cu ft) per day at standard conditions in 2015.

Operator

The current operator of the field is Petroceltic who merged with Melrose Resources Plc in 2012. Petroceltic was acquired by Worldview Capital Management, a Cayman Island-based financial fund in June 2016.