China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer, announced on Friday that its Rochelle gas field in the North Sea off the UK had started operations.
The Rochelle field consists of two wells, namely the East and West Rochelle, and a pipeline to the Scott platform for processing.
The CNOOC said that operations began at West Rochelle. East Rochelle is expected to come into operation in the fourth quarter this year.
Nexen Petroleum UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, is the field operator and holds 41 percent of the field's interest. Endeavor International Corporation and Premier Oil takes 44 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
Nexen Petroleum also operates the Scott platform, owning 41.9 percent of the platform's working interest.
Endeavour International Corporation today announced that first production from the Rochelle gas-condensate field, in the U.K. North Sea, commenced on October 23, 2013.
The West Rochelle W1 well, the first of two development wells, is now flowing natural gas with associated liquids. The ramp-up of Rochelle production is underway and further details regarding flow rates will be discussed during the Company's third quarter conference call on November 6, 2013.
The second development well, East Rochelle E2, has been drilled to total depth, cased and is in the process of being completed. The E2 well is expected to be on-line later this quarter and will provide redundancy in producing the Company's allotted capacity limits across the Scott Platform.
Sources: Xinhua
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