Neptune to continue increased Duva gas supplies to UK

Neptune Energy plans to further increase gas production from Duva oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea through a new permit allowing for additional supply of gas to the UK this winter.

The extended supply is enough to heat a further 550,000 UK homes per day, the company said in a release Oct. 6.

In April, Norwegian authorities granted the operator and its Duva license partners a permit to temporarily increase gas production by 6,500 boe/d until September. Under the new permit, the higher production rate will be maintained until yearend.

Duva's production is around 40,000 boe/d, of which 15,000 boe/d is natural gas. Duva is a subsea installation with three oil producers and one gas producer, tied back to the Neptune-operated Gjøa semisubmersible platform. The gas is transported by pipeline to the UK’s St Fergus gas terminal.

Neptune Energy is operator at Duva with 30% interest. Partners are INPEX Idemitsu (30%), PGNiG Upstream Norway (30%), and Sval Energi (10%).

The company is operator at the Gjøa license (30% interest). Partners are Petoro (30%), Wintershall Dea Norge (28%), and OKEA (12%).