The Indefatigable gas field is a large natural gas and associated condensate field located under the North Sea 60 miles (98 km) off the Norfolk coast.
The field
The indefatigable gas field is a natural gas field located in the North Sea. The field is 67 miles (107 km) north-east of
Great Yarmouth
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and is named after the Indefatigable Banks a shallow sand bank beneath which it is situated.
The gas reservoir is a Rotliegendes
sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
200–300 feet (61–91 m) thick at a depth of 8000–9000 feet (2440–2740 m). It was discovered in June 1966 and extends over several blocks: 49/18, 49/19, 49/23 and 49/24. The original determination of the gas in place amounted to 126 billion cubic metres.
Blocks 49/18 and 49/23 were originally licensed to
Amoco
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(since 2003 to
Perenco
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UK Limited) and Block 49/19 and 49/24 to Shell. Production from the field began in September and October 1971. Gas and associated condensate are produced via the Leman gas field to the
Bacton Gas terminal
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, Norfolk.
The Indefatigable gas composition and properties are as follows.
Baird gas field
The Baird gas field is located in Block 49/23 and is licensed to Perenco (originally Amoco). It was discovered in September 1993 and has recoverable reserves of 1.82 billion cubic metres.
Gas is produced via a seabed well assembly and a pipeline to Inde 49/23 D. The peak production was 0.66 billion cubic metres per year.
Development
The Indefatigable field has been developed through a number of offshore installations.
The Inde installations developed by Amoco, now owned by Perenco, were:
The Perenco Indefatigable 49/23A complex also receives gas from other fields and third parties:
* Bessemer (49/23E) installation and its satellite N.W. Bell (49/23-9) via a 14.5 km 16-inch pipeline.
* Wenlock (49/12A) installation owned by Alpha Petroleum via a 36.231 km 8-inch pipeline. A three well-slot installation was installed in the Wenlock field in 2006 with wells commissioned in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Production declined quickly and make the installation uneconomic and a Decommissioning Programme application was submitted to the Oil & Gas Authority in 2021.
* Davy (49/30A) installation and its satellites Davy North (49/30A-7A) and Davy East (53/5B-7) via a 43 km 16-inch pipeline.
The Inde installations developed by Shell were:
Production from the Shell Inde field ceased in 2005, Inde J, K, L, M, and N were subsequently decommissioned and removed.
Production
The annual gas production from the Shell Indefatigable field (in million standard cubic feet) was:
See also
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Leman gas field
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Hewett gas field
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West Sole gas field
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Viking gas field
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Sean gas field
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Davy, Bessemer, Beaufort, Brown and Boyle gas fields
References
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Natural gas fields in the United Kingdom
North Sea energy