The Siri oil field and its satellites, Nini and Cecille, are oil producing fields in the Danish sector of the southern North Sea. Operating since 1999 and 2003 they are the most northerly of Denmark's offshore oil assets located close to the Denmark-Norway median line.
| Siri oil field | |
|---|---|
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Sea |
| Blocks | 5604/20 |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 56.482686N 4.911144E |
| Operators | DONG E & P A/S |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1995 |
| Start of production | 1999 |
| Peak of production | 2.188 million cubic metres per year |
| Peak year | 2000 |
| Production | |
| Producing formations | Paleocene sandstone structural trap |
The fields
editThe Siri field comprises a sandstone reservoir of oil with a low gas content.[1] It is in Block 5604/20 in the far north of the Danish sector near the Denmark-Norway median line.[2] The Siri reservoir comprises four areas: Siri Central; Siri North; to the north east Stine segment 2; and Stine segment 1. The field is developed through a single installation (designated SCA) located over the Siri Central formation with subsea wells exploiting Stine1 & 2.[1][3]
The Nini field is to the north east of the Siri field and is a sandstone oil reservoir. It has been developed through two platforms (Nini A and Nini B also known as Nini East and Nini West) with well fluids piped to Siri SCA installation for processing.[1]
The Cecilie field is located south west of the Siri field, it too is a sandstone oil reservoir. It has been developed by a wellhead platform with well fluids routed to Siri SCA for processing.[1]
Key parameters of the fields are given in the table.
| Field | Siri | Nini | Cecille |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir rock | Sandstone | Sandstome | Sandstone |
| Trap | Structural trap | Structural and stratigraphic trap | Structural and stratigraphic trap |
| Geological age | Paleocene | Eocene/Paleocene | Paleocene |
| Depth | 2060 m | 1700 m | 2200 m |
| Discovery | 1995 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Field delineation | 63 km2 | 45 km2 | 23 km2 |
| Oil reserves | 1.1 million m3 | 1.1 million m3 | 0.2 million m3 |
| Gas reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owners and operators
editThe licence for the Siri field was originally owned by Dong Energy (50%), Altinex (20%) and Talisman (30%). The operator licence was taken over by Dong Energy from Statoil in 2002. The Siri, Nini and Cecilie fields are currently owned and operated by DONG E & P A/S.[3]
Production infrastructure
editThe fields have been exploited by several subsea and topside installations, as shown in the table.
| Name | Siri (SCA) | Stine SCB-1 | Stine SCB-2 | Nini A
(Nini West) |
Nini B
(Nini East) |
Cecilie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block | 5604/20 | 5604/20 | 5604/20 | 5605/10 & 14 | 5605/10 & 14 | 5604/19 & 20 |
| Coordinates | 56.482686°N
4.911144°E |
56.505947N
5.040943E |
56.640805N
5.321124E |
56.674771N
5.412430E |
56.402115N
4.759621E | |
| Water depth, m | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Commissioned | 1999 | 2004 | 2003 | 2010 | 2003 | |
| Type | Fixed steel | Subsea | Subsea | Fixed steel | Fixed steel | Fixed steel |
| Function | Wellheads, processing, accommodation (60 beds) | Wellhead | Wellhead | Wellheads | Wellheads | Wellheads |
| Wells, production | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 oil, 1 gas | |
| Wells, injection | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Substructure weight, tonnes | 2000 | 160 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Topside weight, tonnes | 8000 | 0 | 700 | 700 | 700 | |
The Siri, Nini and Cecilie fields are stranded assets remote from export infrastructure such as pipelines. Oil from SCA is routed to a 50,000 m3 storage tank on the seabed. The tank is 50 m x 66 m and 17.5 m high. It is emptied periodically by tanker via a Single Anchor Loading (SAL) buoy mooring system.[1][5]
Pipelines
editIn addition to the offshore installations there are a number of pipelines connecting and transferring fluids within the fields
| From | To | Fluid | Length, km | Diameter, inches | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCB-1 | SCA | Well fluids | 9 | 8 | |
| SCB-1 | SBC-2 | Injection water | adjacent | ||
| SCA | SCB-1 | Lift gas | 9 | 3 | |
| SCA | SAL | Crude oil | 16 | ||
| Nini B | Nini A | Well fluids | 7 | 8 | |
| Nini A | SCA | Well fluids | 32 | 14 | |
| Cecilie | SCA | Well fluids | 13 | 12 | |
| SCA | Nini A | Injection water | 32 | 10 | |
| Nini A | Nini B | Injection water | 7 | 10 | |
| SCA | Nini A | Lift gas | 32 | 4 | |
| Nini A | Nini B | Lift gas | 7 | 4 | |
| SCA | Cecilie | Lift gas | 13 | 4 | |
| SCA | Cecilie | Injection water | 13 | 10 |
Oil production
editThe oil produced across the fields is shown in the tables.
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Siri | 1,593 | 2,118 | 1,761 | 1,487 | 925 | 693 | 703 | 595 | 508 | 598 | 326 | 286 |
| Cecilie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 310 | 183 | 116 | 88 | 66 | 38 | 33 |
| Nini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | 1,477 | 624 | 377 | 323 | 355 | 159 | 544 |
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Siri | 161 | 232 | 131 | 94 | 200 | 206 | 189 | 162 | 124 | 79 | 60 | 53 |
| Cecilie | 39 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
| Mini | 569 | 454 | 268 | 336 | 299 | 310 | 208 | 141 | 117 | 89 | 83 | 75 |
Water and recovered gas are co-injected into the Siri and Nini reservoirs to increase oil recovery.[3] An average of 2.98 million m3 of water per year is injected.[6]
The future
editThe Project Greensand[7] consortium has identified the Nini West subsea reservoir as a feasible carbon dioxide (CO2) storage facility.[8] The reservoir is suitable for injecting 0.45 million tonnes CO2 per year per well for a 10-year period and that it can safely contain the CO2 in compressed form. If successful the project could be extended to the whole Siri field. Work on the project is ongoing.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Danish Energy Agency (2013). "Oil and gas production in Denmark" (PDF). Copenhagen. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Danish oil and gas fields". 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Statoil Oil and Gas Field Project". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ OSPAR (2021). "OSPAR Inventory of Offshore Installations - 2021". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b A Barrel Full. "Siri Oil Field". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Danish Energy Agency (2022). "Monthly and yearly production". Copenhagen. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Project Greensand". Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Denmark Starting signal for successful CCS". 2023.
