D15 Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: GDF Suez
- Country: Netherlands
- Location: near to the UK-Dutch median line, Southern North Sea
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The development consists of a production platform, D15-A
- D15-A has two gas centrifugal gas compressors
- Gas is transported on the Noordgastransport NGT Gas Pipeline
- There are a number of fields in the UK sector which have been developed as tie backs to D15, including Wingate Gas Field, Minke field & Orca
- The Minke Main field (in block 44/24a) is located in the UK Southern Gas Basin, near to the UK-Dutch median line.
- It has been developed as a single well sub-sea tie-back to the D15 platform facilities
- The Orca gas field consists of the D18a-A, a normally unmanned production platform located in Dutch waters, 500 metres from the UK sector
Contractors
- KWsubsea: Pipelines for Minke
History
- 2007 - Minke development approved
- 2007 - Production starts at Minke
- 2011 - Production starts at Wingate
- 2013 - First gas from Orca
Geology
Links
- Platforms Netherlands Continental Shelf
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
- Faroe Petroleum Achieves First Production from Minke Main Gas Field
- GDF SUEZ E&P raises its hydrocarbon production with multiple start ups in the North Sea
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