The Tyne, Trent and Tors gas fields are depleted natural gas reservoirs and former gas production facilities in the southern North Sea, centred around the Trent installation about 115 km east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. The fields produced gas from 1996 to 2020.
| Trent gas field | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Region | North Sea |
| Location/blocks | 43/24 |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 54° 17’ 59” N 01° 39’ 35” E |
| Operators | ARCO, Perenco |
| Owner | ARCO, Talisman; Perenco |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | March 1991 |
| Abandonment | 2020 |
| Production | |
| Estimated gas in place | 415×109 cu ft (11.8×109 m3) |
| Producing formations | Carboniferous |
The fields edit
The Tyne, Trent and Tors (Kilmar and Garrow) gas fields are located in UK Offshore Blocks 44/18a, 43/24, 43/22a, 42/25a and 43/21a. Tyne and Trent are named after English rivers that flow into the North Sea. Kilmar and Garrow are named after Tors in Cornwall, and together were referred to as the Tors development. The gas reservoirs have the following characteristics.[1] [2] [3] [4]
| Field | Tyne | Trent | Kilmar | Garrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | 44/18a | 43/24 | 43/22a | 42/25a, 43/21a |
| Discovered | January 1992 | March 1991 | 1992 | 1991 |
| Original Licensee | ARCO/Talisman | ARCO/Talisman | ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited | ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited |
| Reservoir type | Carboniferous | Carboniferous | Carboniferous | Rotliegendes |
| Recoverable reserves | 415 billion cubic feet (bcf) | 311 bcf | ||
Development edit
The Tyne, Trent, Kilmar and Garrow gas fields were developed over the period 1996 to 2008. Gas was produced by five offshore installations, detailed in the table.[5] [6] [2] [1]
| Installation | Tyne | Trent TP | Trent compression TC | Kilmar | Garrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offshore Block | 44/18a | 43/24 | 43/24 | 43/22a | 42/25a |
| Coordinates | 54.591667 4.611111 | 54.446833 1.748789 | 54.444114 1.743375 | 54.290617 1.336208 | 54.273250 0.99633 |
| Initial Owner | ARCO | ARCO | Perenco | ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited | ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited |
| Later Owners | Perenco | Perenco | Perenco | Alpha Petroleum | Alpha Petroleum |
| Function | Wellhead, Production | Wellhead, Production | Production, compression | Wellhead, Production | Wellhead, Production |
| Crew | Normally unattended | Bridge linked to Trent | Normally unattended | Normally unattended | |
| Water depth, metres | 18 | 49 | 49 | 54 | 54 |
| Installation date | 1996 | 1996 | 2005 | 2006 | 2006 |
| Jacket type | Fixed steel | Fixed steel | Fixed steel | Fixed steel | Fixed steel |
| Jacket legs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Jacket piles | 4 | Suction piles | |||
| Jacket weight, tonnes | 665 | 1,540 | 1,583 | 1,152 | |
| Topsides dimensions, metres | 20 x 21 | 30 x 30 | |||
| Topsides weight, tonnes | 785 | 2,668 | 1,418 | 424 | |
| Well slots, wellheads | ?, 5 | 9, | nil | 3 | 3, 2 |
| Export to | Trent TP via 56.5 km 20” pipeline | Bacton gas terminal via 164 km 24” pipeline | – | Trent via 21.2 km 12” pipeline | Kilmar via 22.4 km 8” pipeline |
| Production start | November 1996 | November 1996 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Gas export from Trent reused the 24” Esmond to Bacton pipeline (Esmond Transmission System) to the Bacton gas terminal, also known as EAGLES East Anglia Gas and Liquids Evacuation System pipeline.
Production edit
On the Tyne installation fluids from the wellheads were routed to the 3-phase Production Separator. The gas and condensate streams were metered then cojoined and sent to the pipeline to Trent. Separated water was metered and passed to the Produced Water Filter before disposal overboard.[7]
On Trent the fluids from Tyne were routed to a slug catcher then comingled with Trent gas from the Trent Production Separator. The combined gas stream was routed across the bridge to the TC platform. Here it passed successively to a Separator, LP Compressor, Cooler, Separator, HP Compressor, Cooler and Discharge Scrubber. The gas stream was routed back to the Production platform. Here it was dried by counter current contact with Tri-Ethylene Glycol before being sent to Bacton.[8]
An outline of the gas production from the fields is summarised in the table.[5]
| Name | Tyne South | Tyne North | Trent | Kilmar | Garrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production start | November 1996 | 1997 | November 1996 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Peak flow, mcm/y | 539 | 255 | 521 | 271 | 53 |
| Peak year | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Cumulative production to 2014 | 3,094 | 1,139 | 3,350 | 1,247 | 172 |
| Production ceased | November 2015 | November 2015 | June 2020 | June 2020 | June 2020 |
The production profile, in mcm/y, of the Trent field was as shown.[5]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Decommissioning edit
Perenco submitted a Decommissioning Programme for the Tyne installation to the UK Oil & Gas Authority in 2018.[9] This will entail plugging and abandoning the wells and removal of all structures above the sea bed. Following shutdown of the Trent platform in 2020 Alpha Petroleum announced the Kilmar and Garrow would be shutdown.[10]
Since 2016 gas from the Cygnus A complex has been routed via a 55 km 24" export pipeline to a tie-in on the Esmond Transmission System (ETS) and then to Bacton.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Tyne and Trent gas fields". abarrelfull.wikidot.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Garrow and Kilmar gas fields". abarrelfull.wikidot.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Tyne installation decommissioning Programme" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Department of Trade and Industry (1994). The Energy Report. London: HMSO. ISBN 0115153802.
- ^ a b c "Oil and Gas UK – Field data". gov.uk. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Inventory of Offshore Installations". odims.ospar.org. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Tyne Flow Scheme, Anon, undated
- ^ Trent Flow Scheme, anon.
- ^ "Tyne installation decommissioning Programme" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Alpha Petroleum OSPAR Public Statement - 2020" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Cygnus Gas Field Development". www.nsenergybusiness.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.