The Minke, Orca, Sillimanite and Wingate fields are
natural gas reservoirs and gas production facilities in the southern
North Sea; they are close to, or straddle, the United Kingdom / Netherlands median line. Natural gas, which is routed to the
Netherlands, has been produced from the fields since 2007.
The fields.
The Minke, Orca, Sillimanite and Wingate fields (UK Block 44) are located north of the
Greater Markham Area gas fields (UK Block 49) which also straddles the UK / Netherlands median line.
Minke
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and
Orca are named after species of whale,
Sillimanite is named after a mineral. Details of the gas fields is summarised in the table.
Development
The gas fields were developed by offshore platforms, subsea wellheads and pipelines. Details are summarised in the table.
Production
Gas production from the fields is summarised below.
Production from the Minke field in mcm was:
Production from the Orca field in mcm was:
Production from the Wingate field in mcm was:
Decommissioning.
Neptune Energy submitted a Decommissioning Programme for Minke to the UK
Oil and Gas Authority in 2019.
See also
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Greater Markham Area gas fields
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List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
References
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North Sea energy
North Sea
Natural gas fields in the Netherlands
Natural gas fields in the United Kingdom