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In
UK
, a group led by BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. has
started gas production from Devenick Field in the UK Central North
Sea. Initial rate reached 100 million standard cubic feet per day
i
. The
field is estimated to hold 430 billion cubic feet of recoverable gas
and to remain on production until 2025. Moreover, RWE Dea UK
has started production from Clipper South natural Gas Field in the
UK North Sea. Production has begun from a horizontal well drilled
into a tight Lower Permian Rotliengendes sandstone encountered in
24 m of water depth. Initial gross production from well 48/19a-C1
was 43 million standard cubic feet per day. Peak field production
will be 100 million standard cubic feet per day, and the field has an
estimated 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas in place
ii
.
In
Thailand
, PTT Exploration & Production PCL and its Bongkot
joint venture partners have reported the start of production from
Greater Bongkot South natural gas and condensate field in the Gulf
of Thailand. GBS Field lies on Blocks B16 and B17 about 200 km
to the east of the southern Thai city of Songkhla. The stand- alone
development consists of a central processing platform, a living quarter
platform, and 13 wellhead platforms. The processing platform has
the capacity to process 350 million cubic feet per day of gas and 15
thousand barrels per day of condensate
iii
.
In
Russia
, SeverEnergia, a Russian joint venture, has started
production of natural gas and condensate from Samburskoye Field in
the Yamal- Nenets autonomous district of western Siberia. The initial
production rate is 43 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day is to
peak in 2015 at 145 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day. The
i
Oil and Gas Journal, 5/10/2012
ii
Oil and Gas Journal, 15/8/2012
iii
Oil and Gas Journal, 23/4/2012
