Uchenna Izundu
OGJ International Editor
LONDON, Sept. 25 -- E.On Ruhrgas AG is installing its first operated gas production platform in the UK southern North Sea, which is expected to process gas from Babbage field in April 2010.
The Babbage platform took 10 months to complete; the field is 80 km off the coast of the UK in 42 m of water. It will produce 2 million cu m/day of gas. The field is expected to produce more than 5 billion cu m of gas. The total investment in the development of the Babbage field will amount to more than €300 million.
E.On and partners plan to drill five wells in the field in two phases until 2011. The Babbage reservoir lies about 3,200 m below the seabed. The gas will be transported to West Sole and onward to the Dimlington terminal at Humberside (OGJ Online, Oct. 10, 2008).
Babbage interests are E.On 47%, Dana Petroleum PLC 40%, and Centrica Resources 13%.
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