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North Sea

Danish Energy Agency releases annual report

By Meg Chesshyre by around 3.3 million cu.m of oil and

Dan, Tyra, Dagmar felds around 4.6 billion cu.m of gas. Total he Danish offshore is a mature July 4, 2012 marked the 40th anniver- investments in connection with the oil and gas province with 40 sary of Danish oil and gas production, development are estimated at DKK 5 years of production, but the which began at the Dan feld, still

T billion. Bladt Industries, in Aalborg is

Danish Energy Agency’s latest annual producing today. Since 1972, close to building the new 1100-tonne platform report,* says that the country is 28% of total Danish oil production and bridge. Delivery is scheduled for expected to remain a net exporter of has been extracted from the Dan feld,

May 1, 2014. oil through 2020, while gas produc- and current projections are that the tion is estimated to exceed domestic feld will keep producing well into the A clarifcation of the future of the gas consumption through 2025. This future. Dagmar feld, which has been closed is three years longer than estimated since 2005 due to poor or non-existent

A comprehensive plan for the one year ago, due to an expected hydrocarbon production, is expected further development of Maersk’s Tyra decline in future domestic gas in 2013

Southeast feld was approved on 20 consumption.

November 2012. Start-up is targeted

The Danish sector of the North for spring 2015. The plan includes a

State revenue

Sea is a mature area and the Danes’ In 2012, the Danish state generated new four-leg platform to accommo- primary focus is on optimizing current revenue of about DKK 25.2 billion from date 16 wells. The new platform will production and maintaining existing oil and gas production, a decline of be connected to the existing TSEA installations. Exploration continues, about 15% from 2011, when state rev- platform by a bridge. A new pipeline and investments are still being made enue totaled DKK 30.3 billion. The fall will run from the Tyra East platform in new production installations. In in state revenue is partly attributable to to the new platform to supply lift gas 2012, investments in exploration decline in production as Danish felds to both new and old wells. Power activity totaled about DKK 1.2 billion age. Thus, oil production decreased supply and control signal cables (US$214 million), of which invest- to 11.7 MMcm last year, a 9% drop will be laid parallel to the pipeline. ments in new installations accounted from 2011, while sales gas produc-

Based on the 12 production wells for about DKK 5.7 billion, an increase tion fell by about 14% to 4.9 Bcm in planned initially, total production over 2011. 2012. Oil production has halved since from the feld is expected to increase

The Dan feld – 40-years on from the start of Danish offshore oil and gas production on July 4, 1972.

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