Fossil Energy – Gas Production
Spirit Energy has completed the latest in a series of activities to boost gas production from its Morecambe hub, investing approximately £20 million to maximise economic recovery from the fields, located in the East Irish Sea.
It is estimated that the activities could increase production from the field by around 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) annually – enough to power an extra 130,000 UK homes for one year.
Over the summer, the operations, wells, and project teams collaborated on a campaign to boost gas production from the DPPA platform’s production wells in the North Morecambe field. This included a series of interventions on the casings of five wells, enhancing productivity and enabling higher gas flow rates.
The campaign followed an upgrade of the compressor on the Central Processing Complex (CPC) platform to lower pressure and increase gas production from South Morecambe, and the introduction of agents into some of the wells to improve gas flow.
The work reflects Spirit Energy’s strategy to maximise economic recovery of its existing UK gas reserves while preparing to transform the North and South Morecambe fields into the UK’s largest offshore carbon store through its Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster project.
The project also received a boost in July, with an investment commitment from the National Wealth Fund of £28.6 million.
Working with its Peak Cluster partners, comprising four of the country’s leading cement and lime producers, Spirit Energy’s MNZ store will be home to 40% of the CO2 emissions associated with UK cement production.
Spirit’s programme of production enhancements reflects the commitments made by its majority shareholder, Centrica, to invest in the UK’s clean energy transition, including its recently announced partnership with X-energy to develop advanced nuclear technology, its agreement to take a 15% stake in Sizewell C, and the acquisition of the Isle of Grain LNG terminal.
