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Shell alters Jackdaw plans

UK THE UK Offshore Petroleum Regulator for the project had been “future-proofed” for “viable
Environment and Decommission (OPRED) electrification opportunities” should they arise.
Shell had wanted to use announced on October 14 that Royal Dutch Shell Despite OPRED’s rejection, the UK govern-
diesel generators at the was “proposing changes” to its development plan ment has insisted that it does not reflect a change
facility. for the Jackdaw gas field, after its initial rejection. in government policy regarding upstream devel-
OPRED sent a letter to Shell instructing the opment. After a “useful meeting” with Shell, UK
Anglo-Dutch major to “provide further informa- Energy Minister Greg Hands tweeted on Octo-
tion about the proposed changes to the project”, ber 12 that “there is no change in HMG policy on
without divulging details. The regulator did not new oil and gas fields.”
give any reason for its initial rejection of the plan, “We remain committed to the sector and the
but in the letter it said that Shell and its partners North Sea transition deal,” he said.
should detail how the revisions would affect Jackdaw is a gas and condensate field esti-
greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions expected from mated to hold somewhere between 120 and
Jackdaw’s development. 250mn barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Its devel-
Shell had issued an environmental impact opment plan had been to use a new, normally
statement on the project in July, noting that its unmanned installation, tied back to the Shear-
selected concept had “been designed to mini- water gas field some 32 km away.
mise emissions as far as reasonable, from day Shell had hoped to take a final investment
one of operations.” decision (FID) on Jackdaw in the second quar-
However, Shell had intended to generate ter of last year, but delayed the move because of
power at the field’s platform using an onsite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It had
diesel generator, warning that this would lead hoped to take the step later this year. The field is
to “incremental emissions.” But it also said that expected to start producing in late 2024.™

NEWS IN BRIEF

President Nicos Anastasiades and Greece’s region.
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. energy crisis in a larger share of renewable
“Instead of seeking a solution to the
El-Sisi also called for similar efforts to
sign a trilateral agreement establish an offshore natural gas pipeline energy sources, the Croatian government
plans to further expand the gas infrastructure
connecting the Aphrodite gas field in Cyprus
to link their electricity to the two Egyptian gas liquifying plants in and is seeking new EU funding,” Greenpeace
Damietta and Idku in northern Egypt. The
said in a press release.
power networks Egyptian president said this would pave the also protested against the expansion plan in
Another environmentalist organisation
way for dispatching liquefied natural gas
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus have signed a (LNG) from Egypt to Greece and then to March this year – the Green Action NGO,
trilateral agreement to link the electricity many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean which has urged people to sign a petition
power networks of the three Mediterranean and perhaps to the Western Balkans and against the project.
countries through an underwater Central European countries. The terminal connects to the national
transmission line, Egyptian President gas transit system through the newly built
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said during a joint press Omisalj-Zlobin pipeline.
conference after a summit gathering the Greenpeace activists spray The €234mn project is co-financed by
leaders of the three countries in Athens. The EU funds that have secured €101mn for the
ninth trilateral summit, focusing on energy ‘Climate Killer’ on floating construction of the terminal..
and boosting trilateral co-operation, is part
of a co-operation mechanism launched in LNG terminal at Croatia’s Krk
2014 between the three countries. Consortium of foreign
Egypt on Saturday October 16 signed an island
accord with Cyprus to link their electricity companies win contract
transmission networks. Two days earlier, Greenpeace activists sprayed “Climate Killer”
Egypt also signed with Greece an agreement on the side of an offshore floating tanker to assist development of
on an undersea cable that will transmit used to store gas at the liquefied natural gas
power from North Africa to Europe. (LNG) terminal in Omisalj on the island of Turkey’s Black Sea gas
“This is an introductory step that brings Krk in an environmental protest against the
us closer to the common goal that our three project, the NGO said in a statement. discovery
countries aspire to, which is connecting The terminal, with annual import capacity
electricity in the future with the rest of the of 2.6bn cubic metres, is a strategic project State energy company Turkish Petroleum
European continent,” El-Sisi reportedly said for Croatia as it will improve security of Corporation (TPAO) has awarded a
during the press conference with Cypriot supply for Croatia and other countries in the consortium of foreign companies a

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