Spirit Energy raises production from key North Sea field after successful drilling campaign

Production has been boosted from a North Sea gas field as part of a £68.5 million campaign.

First gas from a new well at Spirit Energy’s Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea was achieved in July 2019 and has added up to an additional 25 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to the field, with further work to come later this year.

The Chiswick field, around 75 miles off the coast of Norfolk, has been producing gas since 2007. The new well, named C5Y, brings overall production from the Greater Markham Area to 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day – enough to heat 427,000 UK homes.

The development well is just one part of a campaign to boost production from the Chiswick field, with the Noble Hans Deul rig returning to the area later this year to carry out work on the C4 well which will further improve production for the asset.

Girish Kabra, Director of Spirit Energy’s North Sea Operated Assets said: “The Greater Markham Area is an important part of our business, and so our team has spent a lot of time looking for opportunities to build on these fields and add further production. Data from the newly drilled C5 well will help to screen further new opportunities in the Chiswick field.

“From exploration and appraisal wells, through development drilling and making sure we plug and abandon old wells, this year has been one of Spirit Energy’s most active in the North Sea and we are looking forward to returning to Chiswick later this year to carry out further work and potentially add additional barrels of production.”

About Spirit Energy

Spirit Energy was created in 2017 following the combination of Centrica’s Exploration & Production business and Bayerngas Norge AS. The business is 69%-owned by Centrica plc, with the remaining 31% owned by Bayerngas Norge’s former shareholders, led by Stadtwerke München and Bayerngas GmbH.

The independent company was formed to combine a complementary mix of producing and development assets, and creates a robust, self-financing business to allow both organic and inorganic growth.