FEATURE: THE CYGNUS PROJECT
[Cygnus] is expected to meet demand for nearly one and a half million homes at peak production, accounting for around 5% of the UK’s gas production, with the first gas being produced in 2015
Field Facts
The Cygnus reservoirs hold estimated 2P reserves of 18 billion cubic metres of gas is expected to meet demand for nearly one and a half million homes at peak production. This will account for around 5% of the UK’s gas production, with the first gas being produced in 2015. The Cygnus field is the largest discovery in the Southern Gas Basin in the last 25 years.
The field is located 150km off the coast of Lincolnshire with the planned export route through the ETS pipeline system to the Bacton gas terminal in North Norfolk. The detailed development concept for the Cygnus field consists of two drilling centres, four platforms and ten development wells.
Recruitment Drive
Initially, 200 new jobs will be created in Hartlepool at Heerema Fabrication Group who will be constructing the four offshore wellhead and production platforms. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, paid a visit to the fabrication yard in the North East, where he met with teams currently working at the Hartlepool site to understand more about the work involved. He also discussed the next phases of the project with senior partnership management to get a better idea of what we can expect to see from the project in the coming years. He claimed he was ‘delighted to officially mark the go-ahead for the £1.4billion Cygnus project, which will deliver 4,000 skilled jobs. It is an example of the Government helping the private sector in the North East create sustainable jobs and lasting industry, replacing the unsustainable borrowing of the past.’
Hartlepool won’t be the only place to benefit from the project. Fife and the Isle of Lewis will gain 100 jobs at Bifab in the engineering, procurement and construction of the Cygnus
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jackets and the 2,500 tonne accommodation topsides module. 160 jobs are secured and 200 new jobs will be opened in London, at Amec Group Ltd, in engineering detailed design and project management. Aberdeen will also gain from the project with 50 new jobs at GDF SUEZ, with a further 100 jobs when offshore platform operations are manned from 2015.
Others, such as Ensco Ltd are awarded the drilling contract, Saipem Ltd for the export line and Seaway Heavy Lifting Contractors Ltd have also been awarded the contract for the provision of transport and installation services for the platforms and subsea structure. Other contracts will be awarded as the project progresses.
A Positive Sign
GDF SUEZ, and its partners Centrica and Bayerngas, decided to proceed with this project following the Government’s 25th July announcement of a £500 million field allowance for large shallow water gas fields. Sam Laidlaw, Chief Executive at Centrica, Jean-Marie Dauger, Executive Vice- President in charge of Global Gas & LNG Business Line at GDF SUEZ and Gerry Harrison, Managing Director at Bayerngas UK were all present for the
The detailed development concept for the Cygnus field consists of two drilling centres, four platforms and ten development wells.
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Cygnus project signing ceremony, held during the Energy Summit at the British Business Embassy on 6th August.
The project partners signed the Field Development Plan (FDP) at the ceremony, which authorises the new gas field and ensures there will be no adverse environmental consequences as a result of the project. The ceremony host, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, praised the project as a welcome contribution to the North Sea, ‘The North Sea remains a vital source of the nation’s energy security and our expertise is renowned the world over. The Government is deturmined to maintain the best possible investment environment to ensure we
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