Spirit Energy will drill a new well in the Grove North East area in hopes of extending the life of the UK Continental Shelf field by 5 years to 2028, the company said Jan. 13.
The infill is expected to target the unappraised northeastern limb of Grove field and has the potential to deliver 4.2 MMboe net additional reserves, potentially adding years of life to the field and improving the prospect of opportunities in the area, said Neil McCulloch, executive vice -president, technical and operated assets.
Several concept solutions have been studied, including horizontal, simple vertical and platform deviated wells, subsea tie-back concepts as well as an appraisal well before the development well from the platform.
The well will be drilled by Maersk Drilling’s Maersk Resolve jackup rig. Drilling is scheduled to start in this year’s first quarter with first production targeted for this year’s third quarter.
Gas from the Grove field is processed at the Spirit-operated Markham J6-A platform and transported via the West Gas Transport pipeline system to the Den Helder terminal in the Netherlands for further processing.
Grove field lies close to the UK–Netherlands median line. Grove field and Grove North East are operated by Spirit Energy (92.5% owner share) and RockRose is license partner (7.5% owner share).