Wingate Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Harbour Energy
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 2011
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field uses a Remote-controlled platform
- The natural gas extracted from a depth of 3,700 meters will be transported via pipeline to the GDF SUEZ platform D15-A, situated 20 kilometers away in the Dutch North Sea. From this facility it will flow over a distance of about 300 kilometers to the Dutch mainland near Uithuizen.
Contractors
- **Seaway Heavy Lifting:** Installation of Wingate Satellite Platform
- **Acergy:** Subsea installation
History
- 2004 - Wintershall was allocated the concession block 44/24b as part of the 22nd UK offshore licensing round
- 2008 - The natural gas field was discovered
- 2010 - Project development approved by UK Goverment
- 2011 - First gas produced
- 2023 - Harbour Energy acquired Wintershall's stake