Merganser Gas and Condensate Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: UK
- Location: North Sea
- Production start: 2006
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field is no longer producing
- The project involved the drilling of two development wells and the installation of an 8" export line tied into the already existing Shearwater-Elgin Area Line (SEAL) Gas Pipeline some 3.8 km away
- From here gas from the field is exported to the Bacton Gas Plant
Contractors
- **FoundOcean:** Flowline Protection
History
- 1995 - Merganser Gas And Condensate Field discovered
- 2006 - Project development approved by UK Government
- 2006 - Production started
- 2012 - JX Nippon acquires an additional stake from ENI
- 2020 - Production ceased
- 2022 - Approval granted for decommssioning
