The Edradour and Glenlivet gas and condensate fields located close to the Laggan-Tormore fields and contained in about 300 to 435 metres of water were brought to stream in February.
Total expects the development to help in growing its production in the North Sea.
The Edradour and Glenlivet development is estimated to provide additional production capacity of up to 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d).
According to Total exploration & production president Arnaud Breuillac, the project has been completed in advance and within the initial budget, with 30% savings in the costs.
Breuillac added: “The start-up of the Edradour & Glenlivet fields demonstrates Total’s ability to deliver projects, taking advantage of favourable market conditions and simplifying designs to optimise execution.”
Total E&P UK is the operator of the Edradour & Glenlivet with a stake of 60%. Other participants in the Edradour and Glenlivet fields are Dong E&P (UK) and SSE E&P UK which hold stakes of 20% each.
According to Total, the Edradour and Glenlivet development features a 35km tie-back of three subsea wells to the existing Laggan-Tormore gas project also owned by the same partners.
A 143km subsea pipeline from the Edradour and Glenlivet development carries the produced gas to the onshore Shetland Gas Plant.
After getting processed, the gas is sent out to serve the UK domestic market through the Shetland Island Regional Gas Export System (SIRGE) and FUKA pipeline. The produced condensates on the other hand are exported through the Sullom Voe Terminal.
