Natural gas from Victory will be extracted via a single subsea well and to an existing pipeline network including the 234-km Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export (SIRGE) pipeline and into the 362 km-long, 32-in. OD Frigg UK Association (FUKA) pipeline, which has the capacity to carry 36 million cu m/day of gas, North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) confirmed to Oil & Gas Journal in an email Oct. 2.
Gas will be delivered to the St Fergus gas terminal near Peterhead in northeast Scotland to be processed and fed into the national gas network, NSMP said.
In NSMP's emailed statement to OGJ, the company confirmed receipt of first gas from Victory field, noting the startup "marks the first new gas from the West of Shetland since 2017 and the first new gas field into the St Fergus Gas Terminal since the Martin Linge field in 2021."
Peak production is estimated at 150 MMscfd of gas (about 25,000 boe/d) at full capacity, Shell said. Most of the field’s recoverable gas is expected to be extracted by the end of the decade.
Adura
Shell expects to transfer Victory field to the planned independent joint venture (JV), Adura, which will be 50-50 owned by Shell and Equinor.
Equinor UK Ltd. and Shell UK Ltd. in late 2024 agreed to combine certain UK offshore oil and gas assets into a joint venture, later named Adura, aimed at sustaining domestic oil and gas production and security of energy supply in the UK.
To be based in Aberdeen, the JV will include Equinor’s equity interests in Mariner, Rosebank, and Buzzard; and Shell’s equity interests in Shearwater, Penguins, Gannet, Nelson, Pierce, Jackdaw, Victory, Clair, and Schiehallion. A range of exploration licences also will be included. Adura is expected to produce over 140,000 boe/d in 2025.
Work continues towards securing regulatory approvals for the creation of Adura, which is expected by yearend.
