Fossil Energy – Production
Shell UK has started production from the Victory gas field in the UK North Sea, approximately 47 km north-west of the Shetland Islands.
The field will help to maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes, businesses, and power generation.
Gas will be extracted through a single subsea well and then connected to an existing pipeline network, where it will be transported to the Shetland Gas Plant. Using existing infrastructure helps to reduce operational emissions.
From there, it will be piped to the Scottish mainland at St Fergus near Peterhead, where it will be fed into the national gas network.
Peak production is estimated at around 150 million standard cubic feet per day of gas (approximately 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day) at full capacity, which is enough gas to heat almost 900,000 homes per year. Most of the field’s recoverable gas is expected to be extracted by the end of the decade.
“Gas fields like Victory play a crucial role in the UK’s energy security, and the country will rely on them for decades to come. They provide an essential fuel we need now, and act as a partner to intermittent renewables as we move through the energy transition,” Shell UK Upstream Senior Vice President, Simon Roddy said. “By developing fields like Victory next to existing infrastructure, we are making sure our production in the UK North Sea remains cost competitive and reduces operational emissions.”
