Geesbrug is the second of four gas and two oil fields in the onshore development programme being undertaken by Northern and its partners. The gas from Geesbrug is being delivered via a pipeline to the NAM operated Coevorden-17 facilities.
Over the next few months, gas production from Geesbrug initially will be 200,000 normal cubic metres a day. After this initial evaluation period, Northern expects to be able to increase the production rate from the existing well and potentially drill several further production wells to produce the Geesbrug gas reserves.
Northern said that the detailed production and development plan will be determined after well pressure data from the initial production period has been analysed. Until then the combined production net to Northern from Geesbrug and the recently commissioned Grolloo gas field, which came on-stream in December 2009, will be 6.7 million cubic feet per day (mmscfd).
Derek Musgrove, managing director of Northern Petroleum, said: “Achieving production from the Geesbrug gas field is an important step forward for Northern. The Geesbrug Proven plus Probable reserves are 137bcf (23.8million boe) net to Northern. By way of comparison it is eleven to fifteen times the Grolloo reserves. This is the second new field to be brought into production following our highly successful 2008/9 fraccing programme.”
Partners in the well are Northern Petroleum Nederland with 45%, EBN, the state oil company, and Dyas with 40% and 15% respectively.
