The TAQA-operated P15-20 exploration well on the Dutch Continental Shelf (NLCS) last autumn was completed just before Christmas, TAQA confirmed in an e-mail to expronews.
The wildcat was drilled from the P15-G satellite platform, part of the larger P15 complex.
Although gas was found, production from this well proved not to be economically viable, according to a spokesperson from TAQA, therefore, they decided to abandon the well.
TAQA has no further plans for any exploration wells in the Dutch North Sea at this stage.
P15 block south-west of Amsterdam. Map: NLOG.
According to the TAQA web page, the P15 and P18 infrastructure is situated 35 km north-west of Hoek of Holland. The area holds one oil production field, the Rijn Field, and natural gas production facilities including a central complex, several satellite production platforms and subsea completions. Condensate, oil and natural gas are transported to shore by pipelines.
The P15 platform is also a hub for third party treatment and processing of oil and gas. Fifteen fields in the Dutch North Sea tie-in to P15 to separate, treat and send oil to the BP refinery in the port of Rotterdam and gas directly to the Dutch national grid.
Text: TERJE SOLBAKK
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