Tenaz targets widespread activity on former NAM-owned North Sea fields
Tenaz Energy has issued an update on its plans for the Dutch North Sea E&P and associated onshore interests of the former Shell-ExxonMobil joint venture NAM Offshore, which the company acquired in May.
NAM’s team has since transferred to Tenaz.
As new owner, the company has completed a 21-day turnaround at the Den Helder Gas Terminal on the HiCal and LoCal gas plants, which receive about 65% of its production.
That activity coincided with a turnaround campaign at the K14 offshore hub, the company’s largest processing and compression platform complex. The priority from now on will be mobilizing services for new projects.
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This year’s plans include a barge campaign for workovers, well optimizations, and infrastructure life extension and maintenance, with a special focused on identifying the best ways of activating wells that had undergone limited investment in recent years.
In addition, the company is looking to secure a jackup for a new drilling program.
Early activities will include re-wheeling a compressor to reduce suction pressure to improve production and add reserves through lowering abandonment pressure in certain gas fields. The goal by fourth quarter is to have completed tender and permitting processes for the barge and jackup so workover and drilling activity can take place at multiple locations.
According to an accompanying presentation, Tenaz is looking at a combination of tie-ins of currently stranded offshore discoveries; infill and exploration drilling from existing platforms; and new platforms for discovered fields and exploration prospects
The company has identified more than 100 development locations and prospects in total on its producing licenses. Among the non-operated assets of interest are the L10-Malachite gas discovery and the Wintershall-operated Rembrandt and Vermeer oil discoveries in Block F17a Deep2, both of which are expected to enter production by the end of the decade.
Ocean-bottom node seismic acquisition has been acquired over the L13/K15 area with multiple drilling locations being assessed.
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Jeremy Beckman has been Editor Europe, Offshore since 1992. Prior to joining Offshore he was a freelance journalist for eight years, working for a variety of electronics, computing and scientific journals in the UK. He regularly writes news columns on trends and events both in the NW Europe offshore region and globally. He also writes features on developments and technology in exploration and production.