By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 20 -- Shell UK Ltd., on behalf of coventurers Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd, Paladin Resources PLC, and Centrica Energy PLC, reported the start of production from Goldeneye gas-condensate field in the Outer Moray Firth, 100 km north of St. Fergus, Scotland.
The $650-million project will fill about 3% of the UK's gas needs as the country becomes a net gas importer. Plateau gas production is estimated to be 300 MMscf of gas and associated liquids a day, Shell said.
Goldeneye field, discovered in 1996 and initially regarded as economically marginal, transfers gas and condensate at reservoir pressure via a 105-km pipeline from an unmanned platform to the Shell-Esso onshore processing facility at St. Fergus.
