RWE Dea UK Announces Installation of Platform in Orca Gas Field

RWE Dea UK announced that the platform D18a-A was successfully installed on the Orca field, reads a note released on Monday.  The platform is located in the Dutch sector, 500 metres from the UK sector. 

“The project partnership operated by GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V., of which RWE Dea UK is part, completed the installation of the platform to develop the Orca gas field in the Southern North Sea. The first development well was spudded. First production from Orca is expected late 2013/early 2014,” reads the note.

According to the press release, the platform is designed to produce natural gas from up to six wells with a maximum production capacity of 2.4 million normal cubic metres per day.

“We are very pleased to have achieved this major milestone in the development of the Orca field… The project is on track to provide an important contribution to reach our growth targets in the United Kingdom,” said René Pawel, Managing Director of RWE Dea UK.

The company wrote that the produced gas will be exported via the existing main trunkline, operated by Noordgastransport B.V., to Uithuizen in the Netherlands.

Also on Monday, Reuters wrote that the German utility RWE has “launched a new savings programme to cope with loss-making power plants and low wholesale power prices.”

RWE Dea AG, headquartered in Hamburg, is an international company operating in the field of exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil. RWE Dea is part of the RWE Group, one of Europe’s largest energy utilities.