The NNP is located approximately 100 miles North-East of the Shetland
Islands and is approximately 240 miles North-North-East of Aberdeen in UKCS Block 3/03. The Ninian field development programme originally comprised a two-platform strategy: NSP and NCP. NNP was
installed in June 1978 in order to ensure optimum exploitation of the northern part of the field. The platform was designed to operate as a satellite flowing wellhead fluids directly to NCP, although
equipped to partially process all fluids. Production from NNP commenced in August 1980 reaching its peak in June 1981 with a rate of 89,587 BOPD.