Spirit Boosts Chiswick Field Output

UK Spirit Energy has boosted production from the Chiswick field as part of a £68.5 ($88)mn campaign, it said October 29. First gas from a new well was achieved in July 2019 and has now reached an additional 25mn ft3/day, with further work to come later this year.

The Chiswick field, around 120 km off the coast of Norfolk in the southern dry gas basin, has been producing gas since 2007. The new well, named C5Y, brings overall production from the Greater Markham Area to 50mn ft3/day.

The development well is just one part of a campaign to boost production from the Chiswick field, with the Noble Hans Deul rig returning to the area later this year to carry out work on the C4 well which will further improve production for the asset. Spirit said the data from the newly drilled C5 well will help to screen further new opportunities in the Chiswick field.

The Greater Markham Area (GMA) hub spans both the UK and Dutch continental shelves, and comprises the Markham, Chiswick, Grove and Kew fields. Spirit is owned by Centrica (69%) and German Stadtwerke Munchen (31%).