Project Profile
Value: US$444 million
Location: License 4/95, Danish Continental Shelf, Denmark
Start-up Year: 2010
Discovery date: August 2000
Water Depth: 58m/ 191ft
Nini was discovered in the summer of 2000, the Nini field came online three years later. The field produces to an unmanned wellhead platform, Nini, which is then tied-back to the Siri platform for further exportation. The gas produced at Nini is injected into the Siri field together with injected water, and Siri supplies Nini with injection water and gas lift. The Ensco 70 drilling rig was leased to drill the production wells on the Nini field; by March 2004, two production wells and two water injection wells were drilled on the field. Dong, operator, holds a 40% interest in Nini; Denerco Oil holds 30%; and RWE Dea holds 30%. Close by the Nini field, Nini East was discovered in 2001 and was appraised in 2007. Sanctioned for development in January 2008, Nini East was developed by a 10 slot unmanned wellhead platform, which sends the oil to the Siri platform for further treatment and shipping.
Operators:
INEOS: Operator with 40% interest in both fields
RWE Dea: 30% interest in both fields
Denerco: 30% interest in Nini
Noreco: 30% interest in Nini East (relinquished in July 2015)
Contractors:
ENSCO: Drilling contractor using Ensco 70 drilling rig
Maersk Drilling: Contract for the jack-up rig Mærsk Giant. The firm contract covers 150 days of work on the Nini and Siri field in the Danish part of the North Sea. The estimated contract value is US$16m. The Mærsk Giant is one of the ultra harsh environment jack-ups in Maersk Drilling’s fleet. The rig is fully equipped for high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) drilling and is designed for year-round operation in the North Sea, in water depths up to 107 m (350 ft) with an available leg length below hull of 132 m (435 ft).