Project Profile
Potential Value: US$313 million
Location: Southern North Sea, UK
Potential Reserves: 107 billion cubic feet (bcf)
Water Depth: 45 metres
Start-up Year: 2013
The field is located in Blocks 47/2a, 47/3a, 47/3d and 47/3e of the Southern North Sea to the north of Rough field and associated facilities, approximately 32 kms to the north east of the nearest landfall near Withernsea. The field is to be developed using a new fixed Not Permanently Attended Installation (NPAI), tied-back via a 16 inch pipeline approximately 35km in length, that will tie-in to the Centrica Storage Limited terminal at Easington. In November 2015, work started to unlock new gas reserves and boost production from the field. Twenty miles off the Lincolnshire coast, a new well is being drilled at the York field that will tap into an additional 20 billion cubic feet of gas. The York gas field already produces, but the new well – the fourth producing well to be drilled – will extend the life of the field and ensure it continues to provide gas for the UK until 2020. Drilling is expected to be completed early 2016. Gas from the field is piped ashore at Easington terminal, where it is processed and sent on to the National Grid by Centrica Storage.
Operators:
Centrica: Operator with 91.5% interest
GDF Suez Group: 8.5% interest
Contractors:
CHC Helicopter: Helicopter services
Clearwell Subsea: FEED contract, hot-tap tieback FEED
Genesis Oil & Gas Consultants Limited: FEED contract
Heerema Hartlepool Ltd: EPC contract for the 2,500 tonne umanned platform