L10 area Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Neptune
- Country: Netherlands
- Location:
- Production start: 1975
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The L10 Area comprises mature gas fields on the western side of the Dutch North Sea sector centred around the L10-A complex. The focus here is on optimising production and reducing complexity while accelerating recovery and extending recoverable reserves.
- The Dutch offshore industry originated in the L10 area in the 1970s. Gas production on the Dutch continental shelf began in 1975, three years after the installation of the L10-A drilling platform. The complex now consists of four bridge-linked platforms: a drilling, a production, a riser and a compression platform. The complex includes facilities for up to 64 employees. L10-A is located 62.5 km from Den Helder.
- The L10-A gathers gas from numerous fields in the area, including Neptune-operated unmanned platforms K12-C/CC, K12-D, K12-G, K12-K, L10-B, L10-E, L10-F, L10-L and L10-M.
- Produced gas is dried on the riser platform before being exported through the Noordgastransport NGT Gas Pipeline to the processing station in Uithuizen.
Contractors
- Saipem: Laying of pipeline
History
- 1972 - Installation of the L10-A drilling platform, L10-AD
- 1975 - L10-AP production platform and the L10-AR riser platform added
- 1977 - L10-D & L10-E platforms added
- 1980 - L10-BB - wellhead & L10-F - satellite
- 1984 - L10-EE - wellhead & L10-G - satellite
- 1987 - L10-AC compressor platform installed
- 1988 - L10-L - satellite & L10-S-1 - subsea completion
- 1997 - L10-S-2, L10-S-3 & L10-S-4 subsea completions
- 2000 - L10-M - satellite
