Saltfleetby Gas Field

From A Barrel Full
Revision as of 16:16, 3 September 2023 by Abarrelfull (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Summary Information * Operator: Wingas * Country: UK * Location: Lincolnshire * Production start: 1999 * Partners: * Type: Gas * Estimated Reserves: * Production Volume:...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Summary Information

  • Operator: Wingas
  • Country: UK
  • Location: Lincolnshire
  • Production start: 1999
  • Partners:
  • Type: Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • Formerly the UK's largest onshore gas field, it is being converted into an underground gas storage facility
  • It will provide between 700 million to 800 million cubic metres of gas storage capacity
  • Gas is supplied to the Conoco operated Theddlethorpe Gas Processing Plant

+++ Contractors

  • -

+++ History

  • 1999 - Production started
  • 2003 - The 7th well was drilled
  • 2004 - Wingas acquires the field from Roc Oil
  • 2010 - Permission granted to convert the field into a storage facility

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. WINGAS, Saltfleetby
  2. Drilling Underway At Saltfleetby Gas Field, Onshore United Kingdom
  3. WINGAS buys the "Saltfleetby" onshore natural gas field
  4. Energy security boost as go-ahead given to new gas storage capacity project