Oct. 2012 - To date, Farifield Energy has invested $113.3 million in an effort to revitalize the Dunlin platform. For the first time since early 2000, the operator will be able to use its own independent power generation system to achieve significantly higher and sustained water injection performance. A new fuel gas import system and modified water injection system are expected to boost production of the mature field to around 10,000 bopd. Additional work has included platform and subsea modifications and a recent acquisition of a new 3D seismic survey over the field. The data will help support an exploration program that could result in additional wells being drilled and tied-back to the platform.

Jul. 2012 - An oil spill has occurred on the Osprey field in the UK sector of the North Sea, confirmed the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The spill, reported on Friday by Fairfield Energy, was discovered when a hydrocarbon sheen was seen in the vicinity of the Osprey subsea manifold which feeds back to the Dunlin Alpha installation. Fairfield said that two on-line wells at Osprey have been closed in response to the spill. The firm and its partners are making efforts to identify the source of the oil, and a specialist vessel with a remotely-operated vehicle onboard is being mobilized to the location of the spill. An ongoing series of aerial observations is also taking place. Fairfield estimates that up to 8.7 tons of oil has been released into the sea.

Aug. 2010 - Fairfield Energy awarded a contract to Technip for the provision of Subsea Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) services for the Dunlin Fuel Gas pipeline project. The construction of this gas import pipeline will allow the Dunlin platform to become fully self sufficient in fuel gas, leading to a much improved power generation capability, stated Fairfield. The project entails Dunlin being connected to a long-term fuel gas supply via the Thistle-Don pipeline, currently operated by EnQuest PLC. This will result in improved volumes of reservoir water injection in order to further increase the oil production from three fields: Dunlin, Osprey, and Merlin. Dunlin is located on Blocks 211/23a and 211/24a in the UK sector of the North Sea.