Shell UK Ltd. affiliate BG International Ltd. has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to develop Jackdaw gas field in the UK North Sea, following regulatory approval earlier this year.
Jackdaw will comprise a wellhead platform that is not permanently attended, four production wells, and a 31-km pipeline from the Jackdaw platform to the Shearwater gas hub. The project is expected to come online mid-2020s, and at peak production rates estimated at 40,000 boe/d, could represent over 6% of projected UK North Sea gas production in the middle of this decade, with operational emissions of less than 1% of the whole UK basin, the operator said in a July 25 release.
Gas from the Jackdaw field will come ashore at St Fergus, where Shell is involved in the development of the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage project, which could sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) from industrial clusters in Scotland, the UK and northern Europe. The Acorn project could also reform natural gas into low-carbon hydrogen, by capturing and storing the CO₂.
Jackdaw field lies about 250 km east of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is adjacent to the UK-Norway median line. It is 100% owned and operated by BG International.
