Third Well Drilled in Sillimanite Field

Wintershall Noordzee B.V. (a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom EP International) has successfully drilled the exploration well, Sillimanite South. It is the third well that has been constructed and put into operation in the Sillimanite field in 2020. Currently, the well is being converted to the production well stock.

Sillimanite is a gas field discovered in June 2015. It is located on the shelf of the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea, approximately 200 km away from the shore (Den Helder). Gas production from the field started in February 2020 with putting the first development well into operation; in June, the second well brought on-stream. The produced gas is transported via a 12-km pipeline located in the Dutch territorial waters from where it is delivered via the NGT (Noordgastransport B.V.) pipeline to the inshore transportation network.

Despite the challenging economic and epidemiological situation in the world and the petroleum sector, we manage to comply with the planned schedule by timely completing all the key stages, Sergey Tumanov, Managing Director of Gazprom EP International, says. Putting the third Sillimanite well into operation will increase production rates and allow increasing the gas volume delivered to the export pipeline.

Background

Gazprom EP International

Gazprom EP International is Gazprom’s upstream operator outside the Russian Federation. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Today, Gazprom EP International operates in two dozens of counties across three continents and is involved in nearly 40 projects of varying magnitude. The key areas of focus include managing overseas upstream projects; prospecting, evaluating, and acquiring new petroleum assets in the world's major oil and gas-producing regions; and representing Gazprom before foreign private and state-owned petroleum companies.

Wintershall Noordzee B.V.

With headquarters in the Rijswijk, the Netherlands, Wintershall Noordzee B.V. was founded in 1965. Currently, the company is a 50:50 joint venture of Gazprom EP International and Wintershall Holding GmbH. Listed among the largest gas producers in the Netherlands, Wintershall Noordzee operates 25 offshore production platforms and 7 subsea production systems in the Dutch, UK, German, and Danish sectors of the North Sea.

Wintershall Dea