The Minke, Orca, Sillimanite and Wingate fields are natural gas reservoirs and gas production facilities in the southern North Sea; they are close to, or straddle, the United Kingdom / Netherlands median line. Natural gas, which is routed to the Netherlands, has been produced from the fields since 2007.
The Minke, Orca, Sillimanite and Wingate fields (UK Block 44) are located north of the Greater Markham Area gas fields (UK Block 49) which also straddles the UK / Netherlands median line.[1][2]
Minke and Orca are named after species of whale, Sillimanite is named after a mineral. Details of the gas fields is summarised in the table.[3][4][5][6]
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December 18, 2023
minke, orca, sillimanite, wingate, fields, minke, orca, sillimanite, wingate, fields, natural, reservoirs, production, facilities, southern, north, they, close, straddle, united, kingdom, netherlands, median, line, natural, which, routed, netherlands, been, pr. The Minke Orca Sillimanite and Wingate fields are natural gas reservoirs and gas production facilities in the southern North Sea they are close to or straddle the United Kingdom Netherlands median line Natural gas which is routed to the Netherlands has been produced from the fields since 2007 Contents 1 The fields 2 Development 3 Production 4 Decommissioning 5 See also 6 ReferencesThe fields editThe Minke Orca Sillimanite and Wingate fields UK Block 44 are located north of the Greater Markham Area gas fields UK Block 49 which also straddles the UK Netherlands median line 1 2 Minke and Orca are named after species of whale Sillimanite is named after a mineral Details of the gas fields is summarised in the table 3 4 5 6 Field data Field name Minke Orca Sillimanite WingateBlocks 44 24a UK D15 Netherlands 44 24a 44 29b 44 30a UK D15b D18a Netherlands 44 19a UK D12A D12B Netherlands 44 24b UK Year discovered January 1993 December 1993 July 2015 2008Original licensee Wintershall RWE Dea UK Wintershall Noordzee WintershallGas reservoir Carboniferous Carboniferous Carboniferous Westphalian B sand bodiesDevelopment editThe gas fields were developed by offshore platforms subsea wellheads and pipelines Details are summarised in the table 3 4 5 6 2 7 Installations Field Minke Orca Sillimanite WingateBlock 44 24a UK D18a Netherlands D12 Netherlands 44 24b UK Installation name D18A a D12 B WingateInstallation type Subsea wellhead Fixed steel platform Fixed steel platform Fixed steel platformCoordinates 54 15 1300 N 2 44 5067 E 54 18 994 N 02 37 176 EInstalled 2007 2013 2020 2011Water depth metres 32 54 3 41 5 29Substructure weight tonnes 26 75 900Topsides weight tonnes 1 240 4 950No of legs 4 4No of Wells 1 3Gas export to D15 FA D15 FA D15 FA D15 FAExport pipeline length diameter 3 7 km UK 11 2 km Netherlands 8 inch 20 km 8 inch 10 km 20 56 km 12 inchPipeline number gas PL2401 PL2850Control umbilical methanol supply From D15 FA Methanol from D15 FAUmbilical length diameter 14 9 km 90 6mm 20 56 km 2 inchUmbilical Pipeline number methanol PLU2402 PL2851Production editGas production from the fields is summarised below 8 Gas production Field Minke Orca Sillimanite WingateOperator GDF Britain then Neptune Energy GDF SUEZ E amp P Wintershall Noordzee Wintershall NoordzeeStart of production June 2007 2013 2020 2011Peak flow million cubic metres y 133 129 793Year of peak flow 2007 2014 2012Cumulative production to end of 2014 million cubic metres 150 1 321Status Production ceased 2010 Operational Operational OperationalProduction from the Minke field in mcm was Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki wiki Production from the Orca field in mcm was Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki wiki Production from the Wingate field in mcm was Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki wiki Decommissioning editNeptune Energy submitted a Decommissioning Programme for Minke to the UK Oil and Gas Authority in 2019 5 See also editGreater Markham Area gas fields List of oil and gas fields of the North SeaReferences edit Department of Trade and Industry 1994 The Energy Report London HMSO ISBN 0115153802 a b Inventory of Offshore Installations odims ospar org Retrieved 14 December 2021 a b Production from Orca gas field started www rwe com Retrieved 14 December 2021 a b Wingate Field Development PDF assets publishing service gov uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 a b c Minke Decommissioning Programmes PDF assets publishing service gov uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 a b Cross border gas production from Sillimanite field ocean energyresources com 20 February 2020 Retrieved 14 December 2021 OGA interactive Maps ogauthority maps arcgis com Retrieved 14 December 2021 Oil and Gas UK Field data www gov uk 6 October 2016 Retrieved 14 December 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Minke Orca Sillimanite and Wingate gas fields amp oldid 1177457051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
