Juliet Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: GDF Suez
• Country: UK
• Location: 40 kilometers East of the Humberside estuary
• Production start: 2014
• Partners: GDF SUEZ (51.56%), First Oil Expro Limited (29.44%) and Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited (19%)
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves: Gross 2P reserves amount to 2 billion cubic metres
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• Juliet, located 39 km east of the Lincolnshire coastline received sanction in June 2012 and will be operated by GDF SUEZ (51.56%) in partnership with First Oil Expro Limited (29.44%) and Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited (19%).
• First gas is scheduled for late 2013 and gross 2P reserves amount to 2 billion cubic metres
• The Juliet development will comprise two horizontal subsea wells tied back some 22 km to the Pickerill A platform, on the [[[Pickerill Gas Field]]], operated by Perenco UK Ltd. Existing infrastructure will then transport the Juliet gas to the Theddlethorpe terminal on the Lincolnshire coast.

+++ Contractors

• **Technip:** Engineering, procurement, installation and construction for tie back
• **Xodus Group:** Front end engineering and design (FEED) study

+++ History

• 2008 - Juliet exploration drilling successful
• 2010 - Hansa acquired a stake from First Oil Expro
• 2012 - UK government approval given
• 2012 - Investment decision taken
• 2013 - Technip awarded tie back contract
• 2014 - First gas produced

+++ Geology

Links

1. UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
2. Successful Southern North Sea exploration well
3. Hansa Hydrocarbons acquires interest in Southern North Sea development project
4. Xodus Group wins subsea FEED contract for Juliet field
5. GDF SUEZ to operate two new gas fields in the North Sea: Juliet and Cygnus, UK’s largest gas discovery in last 25 years
6. Technip awarded contract by GDF SUEZ E&P UK for the Juliet project
7. GDF SUEZ E&P raises its hydrocarbon production with multiple start ups in the North Sea
8. Neptune Energy uses innovative technology for decommissioning work