NETHERLANDS-based Wintershall Noordzee has completed the third development well at the Sillimanite field in the southern North Sea.
The company, a joint venture between Germany’s Wintershall Dea and the international arm of Russian giant Gazprom, said it had “directly converted” the Sillimanite South field discovery into a development side-track.
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It was the third well drilled in sequence after the two Sillimanite unit field development wells came online earlier this year.
Wintershall Noordzee is currently finalising the hook-up activities to Neptune Energy’s D12-B platform near the Anglo-Dutch border in Dutch territorial waters.
From there, the produced gas will be transported via the Neptune operated D15-A production platform, through the NGT gas transportation system to shore.
The field stretches across the UK and the Dutch continental shelves in licence block 44/19a on the UK side and blocks D12a and D12b on the Dutch side.
The Sillimanite South partners are EBN (50%), Neptune (10.5%) and operator Wintershall Noordzee (39.5%).
Robert Frimpong, Wintershall Noordzee managing director, said: “It is without a doubt a unique achievement of Wintershall Noordzee, Maersk Drilling, and our many supply-chain and Joint Venture partners to develop this exploration well into a production well in one flow.
“The covid-19 pandemic has not stopped us or slowed us down. Our clear goal was to deliver, and that is exactly what we have done.
“We maintained focus, concentrated on getting the job done, but most of all we kept everyone involved safe and healthy especially under these covid-19 circumstances.
“An excellent example of perseverance, teamwork and collaboration in difficult circumstances.”
