Neptune Energy Norge AS will double gas production from Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, adding 6,500 boe/d from the first half of April to support increased supplies to the UK and Europe.
Duva's overall production currently stands at 30,000 boe/d, of which 6,500 boe/d is natural gas. Under newly agreed measures, daily gas production will double to 13,000 boe/d for an initial 4-8 months.
Duva, in production license 636, is a subsea installation 14 km northeast of Neptune Energy-operated Gjøa field at a water depth of 340 m. It started production in August 2021 with three oil producers and one gas producer, tied back to the operator's Gjøa semisubmersible platform (OGJ Online, Aug. 23, 2021). Gas is transported by pipeline to the UK’s St Fergus gas terminal.
Neptune is operator with 30% interest. Partners are INPEX Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (30%), PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (30%), and Sval Energi AS (10%).
