ONE-Dyas obtains final permits for Dutch-German natural gas project
ONE-Dyas BV has been granted permits to develop N05-A gas field and surrounding prospects in the German part of the North Sea (OGJ Online, Sept. 28, 2022).
With permits from Das Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG), part of the Lower Saxony Ministry for Economy, Transport, Construction and Digitalization, ONE-Dyas now has all approvals in Germany and the Netherlands for the Dutch-German project.
The N05-A platform was installed on Aug. 6, 2024, in the Netherlands, about 20 km north of the islands of Borkum, Rottumerplaat, and Schiermonnikoog, and 1.5 km from German waters. A maximum of 12 wells will be drilled from from the platform, some of which will lead to N05-A field and others to adjacent fields (prospects) that may contain gas. The gas will be transported through a newly constructed 13-km pipeline from the platform to the NGT pipeline.
Powered exclusively from the nearby German Riffgat offshore wind farm, the N05-A platform will be the first offshore gas platform in the North Sea to run entirely on wind energy, the company said (OGJ Online, Apr. 14, 2023). First gas is expected by yearend.
Project N05-A is part of the Gateway to the Ems (GEMS) area, about 20-100 km north of the mouth of the river Ems, in waters about 25 m deep. N05-A field lies 4 km in the subsurface.
Hansa Hydrocarbons (part of Discover Exploration Ltd.) and Energie Beheer Nederland are partners in the project.
Installation of production platform N05-A.
Video from ONE-Dyas.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
