Offshore staff
LONDON — Production from the single well on the Edradour gas field west of Shetland is suspended due to facilities constraints in the Greater Laggan Area relating to MEG management, partner Kistos said in an operations update.
The GLA joint venture continues to monitor the well and the potential for a restart. Other wells connected to the offshore infrastructure have so far compensated for the production shortfall.
Processing is nearing completion of three 4D seismic surveys acquired last year over the producing GLA fields, designed to assess potential infill opportunities over the Laggan, Tormore and Glenlivet fields and to provide better reservoir monitoring and management of the GLA as a whole.
Results could also support development planning for Edradour West. Another tie-in development at Glendronach is undergoing revised screening of the project economics.
In the Dutch North Sea Q10-A license, Kistos has been cooperating with the operator and other users of the P15-D gas platform and associated infrastructure on ways of extending the economic life of the hub, including potential new developments.
The Kistos-operated Q10-A Orion oil field in the Vlieland sandstone, a stratigraphically shallower formation deposited above the Q10-A gas field, contains natural fractures that could enhance productivity. An appraisal well in 2021 tested 3,200 boe/d from an 825-m horizontal section.
The first part of the concept select phase finished last summer with the current second phase nearing completion; a potential FID later this year could lead to first oil in early 2026.
This would be a relatively low-cost tie-in through existing facilities at Q10-A and P15-D. Under current fiscal regimes, the oil produced would be among the lowest-taxed barrels in the North Sea, Kistos claimed, at about 50%.
05.13.2024
