Serica Energy PLC restarted production from Rhum field following the operation to replace a faulty component in the subsea control module which had necessitated a temporary shutdown of production (OGJ Online, Mar. 1, 2022).
Rhum field lies in Block 3/29a, 44 km north of Bruce in the UK Northern North Sea and is a subsea development tied back to the Bruce platform via an insulated pipeline.
Production from Bruce field has continued throughout these operations and Serica’s other producing fields (Erskine and Columbus) were not impacted by the Rhum issue. During the Rhum outage, the company averaged net production over 15,000 boe/d.
Serica is operator of Bruce (98%), Columbus (50%), and Rhum (50%). IOC UK Ltd. holds the remaining 50% interest in Rhum. Serica holds 18% interest in Erskine with Ithaca Energy Ltd. as operator.
