ONE-Dyas boosts N05-A platform gas production to 1 bcmy with startup of second well

ONE-Dyas BV started gas production from the second production well on the N05-A platform in the Dutch North Sea, contributing to the gas supply to the Netherlands and Germany.

The first production well at produced about 700 million cu m/yr of natural gas. With the commissioning of the second production well, annual gas production has increased to about 1 billion cu m/yr (bcmy). The platform holds capacity for 2 bcmy, about 7% of the Netherlands' and 2.5% of Germany's gas demand. ONE-Dyas expects, given current drilling activities, maximum production to be reached in this year's fourth quarter, prior to winter. A maximum of twelve wells are expected to be drilled from the location, some of which will target the N05-A field and others a number of adjacent fields that may contain gas.

The platform produces natural gas with virtually no CO₂ emissions, as it operates entirely on electricity from the nearby German offshore wind farm Riffgat, the company said.

N05-A is sited in the wider cross-border 'Gateway to the Ems’ (GEMS) area, which lies at the mouth of Ems estuary, straddling straddles multiple shallow-water licences in the Dutch and German sectors of the southern North Sea. The project focuses primarily on production from N05-A and the development of N04-A and N04-C. Thea area holds an estimated resource potential of about 50 billion cu m of natural gas.