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Activists entered the terminal’s safety zone schedule to meet the first gas date in Q2 2023,” transition,” said Wednesday it “recognizes it is
with a boat, and also blocked a road leading to Noreco said. imperative that all hydrocarbon supplies are
the terminal. The Tyra field is the largest gas condensate sourced from fields with the smallest carbon
“We decided to interrupt the loading, but field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. footprint possible.”
the terminal operates as normal,” Equinor Due to seabed subsidence, the Tyra field “The company has demonstrated with
spokesperson Eskil Eriksen said. required a redevelopment, a project that was the design and performance of the existing
“We have notified the police and they are sanctioned by the DUC in 2017. Q10-A platform that it is capable of keeping
handling the situation,” he added. The Tyra Redevelopment consists emissions to an industry leading minimum.
The TS Bergen’s destination was of three main elements: Removal and Having confirmed the viability of this
Rotterdam, according to Eikon data. decommissioning of the prior Tyra platforms, discovery in the Vlieland sandstone, we will
reuse, and 13 meters extension of the existing examine options for developing it to achieve
jackets at six platforms that will have new a “best in class” scope 1 and 2 emissions
Tyra topsides reach Danish topsides and a new process platform, and a profile.,” the company said.
new accommodation platform.
The Q10-A field is currently shut in while
North Sea project, said in November 2020, that the annual planned maintenance is carried
Noreco, TotalEnergies’ partner in the
out at the TAQA-operated P15-D facility,
Big Roll Beaufort heavy transportation start-up of the Tyra Redevelopment was through which gas export is currently routed.
vessel, loaded with topsides destined for expected in the second quarter of 2023, and Production is expected to re-start before
TotalEnergies’ Tyra Phase 2 development off not in 2022 as previously planned, citing the end of September. Prior to the shut in
Denmark, reached the Danish North Sea on COVID-19 impact and restriction imposed at production was constrained by compressor
Sunday morning after a long journey from the fabrication yards. issues on the P15-D platform.
Singapore. Once online, the redeveloped Tyra will Kistos got hold of the Q10-A field after
Singapore’s offshore platform constructor produce enough gas to power 1.5 million it had in March agreed to buy Tulip Oil’s
Sembcorp Marine in July completed the homes in Denmark, with production at peak Dutch subsidiary Tulip Oil Netherlands for
fabrication of two wellhead topsides, one riser expected at 60000 boepd. 220 million euros, plus 163 million euros of
topside, and two bridges for deployment at contingent payments, and 5 million euros of
TotalEnergies’ Tyra field redevelopment in the warrants.
Danish North Sea. Kistos “extremely positive” Apart from an operating interest in the
The topsides and bridges sailed away from Q-10A offshore gas field, the company
Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard Sunday, on Dutch drilling results acquired the Q-10B, Q-11B, and M10/
July 25. They will replace Tyra’s aging facilities M11 discoveries, and other exploration and
to support further production. Energy firm Kistos on September 1 said the appraisal projects in the Dutch North Sea.
In a social media post on Sunday, Morten initial results of an appraisal well at its block Also, Kistos said it had on August 31
Hesselager Pedersen, Vice President, Head in the Dutch North Sea were better than signed an agreement with Infinergy and
of the Tyra Redevelopment at TotalEnergies expected with CEO describing the result Windcollectief Noord-Holland to enter into
said:. “Today at 6:45 AM, our team welcomed as “extremely positive.” The company also exclusive negotiations to acquire Windpark
home the first new Tyra II topsides in the announced a wind farm investment deal. Ferrum.
Danish North Sea. After a 16,000-kilometers Kistos said that the appraisal well at the Windpark Ferrum comprises three
long journey from Singapore, the three Vlieland sandstone formation in the Q07 wind turbines on the TATA-owned site in
production topsides arrived safely in the Tyra and Q10 blocks, drilled by the Prospector 1 IJmuiden where Kistos proposes to reroute
Field onboard the vessel Big Roll Beaufort. jack-up rig, first hit the target formation on gas production from Q10-A and build a
Now, all hands are cutting sea fastening to prognosis at a depth of 1,562 meters TVDss, compression station next to an existing
release the topsides,” and then an 825-meter horizontal section was facility.
In a separate social media post on the drilled. “The wind farm can produce up to
same day, Ronn Hansen, Contract Manager “The Q10-A-04 A well was flow tested for 7MW of electricity and would enable Kistos
T&I Tyra Redevelopment Project said that 5 days between 26th and 31st August 2021. to supply a material proportion of the
Heerema Marine Contractors had been During this time, a maximum stable rate power required by the new facility from a
working intensively since Thursday morning of 3,200 barrels of oil per day (bopd) was renewable source. This would have the effect
to prepare the old jackets for the new Tyra 2 achieved, which was higher than anticipated. of materially reducing the overall carbon
topsides. The oil will be sold to a local refinery and is emissions of the new plant. The agreement
“This morning BigRoll Beaufort and good quality with an API of 33°,” the company does not require the parties to enter into a
BigLift Happy Sky [vessels] arrived with the said. transaction and there can be no assurances
new structures from Singapore and soon we “The well is now shut-in for a pressure that one will occur,” Kistos said.
will start lifting,” he said. build-up and the information obtained, along Andrew Austin, Kistos’ Interim CEO, said:
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) with reservoir and surface samples taken “I am delighted to be able to announce the
TotalEnergies’ partner in the project, during the flow test, will be analyzed as Kistos extremely positive results from the appraisal
confirmed Monday that the three Tyra East prepares a field development plan for this well in the Vlieland sandstone. This is a great
wellhead and riser platforms had arrived at project. Kistos has previously estimated 2C credit to the team who have spent several
the Tyra field. resources for this accumulation of between years believing in the reservoir and planning
“At the Tyra field, the world’s largest crane 23.1 - 67.5 mmboe net. This estimate was this activity. We will now look at our options
vessel, Sleipnir, is now in position to lift the independently audited by Sproule and will be for developing the field, which overlies our
three topsides off the vessel and onto the refined following review of all the data.” the existing producing gas field, in the most
jackets. The lifting of the topsides will be company said. carbon efficient manner including the use of
followed by an installation period scheduled Kistos, which describes itself as “the low shore power derived from renewable sources.
to take place during September. Progress on carbon intensity energy producer pursuing a I look forward to updating our stakeholders
the five remaining platforms continues per strategy to acquire assets with a role in energy on the remainder of the drilling campaign

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