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Wintershall starts up lightweight North Sea platform
June 16, 2015 + + + Wintershall has
produced first gas through the unmanned mini-platform serving the L6-B
field in the Dutch North Sea.
The facility was built in nine months and
delivered to its offshore location last June.
It is one of a new generation of platforms designed for deployment in very
shallow waters and for economic production from small gas fields.
The
short construction schedule and relatively simple installation means costs
are less than half those of a conventional satellite platform, Wintershall
adds.
L6-B is in a restricted military zone, and Wintershall is the first
company allowed to operate in this area. For this reason the installation
needed to be as small as possible, and the 100-ton topsides may be the
smallest to date, the company claims. The substructure weighs 1,100 tons.
The platform is anchored to the seafloor via suction piles. Its
above-water section is around 18 m (59 ft) high, with three decks but no
helideck.
A subsea pipeline transports the produced gas to the nearby
L8-P4, which controls the new facility and also supplies it with
electricity.
Source: Wintershall -
www.wintershall.com
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