Offshore staff
HAMBURG, Germany –RWE Dea UK has first gas delivery from the Clipper South field in southern North Sea. The first well came onstream at 1.2 MMcm/d, and production is expected to peak at 2.8 MMcm/d (98.88 MMcf/d) early next year.
The gas is in atight Permian age Rotliegend reservoir which contains approximately 13.4 bcm (473 bcf) of gas in place.
The Clipper South Gas field is in UK continental shelf blocks 48/19 and 48/20, 100 km (62 mi) east of the Lincolnshire coast. Gas from the Clipper South platform is transported about 15 km (9 mi) to the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (LOGGS) and then about 100 km to the onshore Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal in Lincolnshire, where the gas enters the UK grid.
The Clipper South platform is a single wellhead steel structure weighing approximately 3,000 metric tons (3,307 tons) with accommodation for 40 persons. The accommodation and platform layout facilitates well intervention operations without a drilling rig. Once steady production is established, it is planned to operate the field unmanned with control of the wells from the LOGGS platform.
The licensees areRWE Dea UK SNS Ltd (operator), 50%; Bayerngas Europe Ltd., 25%; and Fairfield Acer Ltd., 24%.
8/13/2012
