Primeline Energy, CNOOC Commence Trial Production from the LS36-1 Gas Field

Primeline Energy earlier week this announced that trial production from the LS36-1 gas field has now commenced.

The LS36-1 gas field is located in 84m of water in the East China Sea about 150km from the major city Wenzhou.

With the completion of the last section of the gas sales pipeline and connection to the provincial gas grid, the LS36-1 gas field development was completed on 1st July 2014.

Since then CNOOC Limited, as operator, and the downstream buyer, Zhejiang Provincial Gas Development Co. commenced joint commissioning of the upstream and downstream facilities and trial gas production from the LS36-1 gas field commenced on July 16, 2014, Primeline said in a statement Monday. 

The LS36-1 gas field was discovered by Primeline and has been developed by CNOOC. The development comprises a production platform with four production wells, a subsea pipeline and an onshore processing terminal. The gas is being sold to Zhejiang Gas, the owner and operator of the Zhejiang Provincial Gas Grid.

Primeline has a 36.75% interest in the LS36-1 gas field in Block 25/34 which is being developed by CNOOC Limited.