The Breagh gas field is a
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...
reservoir and production facility in the UK sector of the southern
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...
. It is about 100 km of east of Teesside and started gas production in 2013.
The field
The Breagh field extends over UK offshore Blocks 42/13a and 42/12a. The field was discovered in July 1997 by well 42/13-2.
The reservoir is a Lower
Carboniferous Sandstone formation and has reserves of 600 billion cubic feet.
The Breagh gas field is jointly owned by
INEOS
INEOS Group Limited is a British multinational chemicals company headquartered and registered in London. , it is the fourth largest chemical company in the world.
Ineos is organised into about 20 standalone business units, each with its own b ...
(70%) and Sterling Resources (30%), INEOS operates the infrastructure.
RWE Dea
DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG was an international oil and gas company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. It was a subsidiary of L1 Energy. In 2018, DEA owned stakes in oil and gas licenses in various countries and operated natural gas underground storage ...
was the original 70% owner and operator but this interest was transferred to INEOS in 2015.
Development
Production from the field is developed in stages. In the first stage gas is produced by wells on the offshore platform Breagh Alpha and then via pipeline to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant at Seal Sands.
Later stages will entail development of the eastern part of the field produced back to a new Breagh Bravo platform.
Details of the Breagh A field infrastructure are as shown.
The export pipeline from Breagh runs 100 km to shore at
Coatham Sands
South Gare & Coatham Sands SSSI () is a 381.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England notified in 1971.
SSSIs are designated by Natural England, formally English Nature, which uses the 1974–1996 c ...
. From here a 10 km onshore pipeline carries gas to the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP).
The entry specification for 3rd party gas into the export pipeline is:
In addition to the Breagh offshore facilities a new gas process facility was constructed at
Seal Sands
Seal Sands () is a 294.37 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England, notified in 1966.
Situated in the mouth of the River Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton-on-Tees Channel, the site is accessible ...
, the Teesside Gas Processing Plant which received and treated the gas prior to shipment into the
National Transmission System
The United Kingdom's National Transmission System (NTS) is the network of gas pipelines that supply gas to about forty power stations and large industrial users from natural gas terminals situated on the coast, and to gas distribution companies th ...
.
Production
Gas production from the Breagh field was as follows. in million standard cubic feet (MMSCF).
Data for 2021 is for January to October inclusive.
See also
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Central Area Transmission System
The Central Area Transmission System (known as CATS) is a natural gas transportation and processing system that transports natural gas through a 404 kilometre pipeline from the Central North Sea to a reception and processing terminal at Teessi ...
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List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In terms of the oil industry, "North Sea oil" often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the Norweg ...
References
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Natural gas fields in the United Kingdom
North Sea energy