TotalEnergies says Danish Tyra gas field ready to start in March (updated)

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22/01/2024 06:45

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       COPENHAGEN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies  TTEF.PA 
will restart production at Denmark's Tyra natural gas field in
March this year, the company said in a statement on Monday.
    Denmark's largest gas field was temporarily closed down for
redevelopment in 2019, and remains on schedule for a March 31
startup, the French oil major said.
    "Depending on project progress, it could be (started)
earlier in March. The outcome of tests now suggests that a
ramp-up to full technical capacity is expected to take four
months from the restart," it added.
    The redeveloped field, also called Tyra II, is expected to
deliver 2.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year, 
TotalEnergies has previously said.
        Prior to its shutdown, Tyra served as a processing and
export hub for more than 90% of gas produced from the Danish
sector of the North Sea.
  
        Production was halted after the seabed had sunk several
metres under Tyra's platforms during more than 30 years of
production.
  
        The project included removing and recycling of old
installations, and installing new ones, including with longer
platform legs.
  
        TotalEnergies operates Tyra II on behalf of the Danish
Underground Consortium (DUC), where it holds a 43.2% stake. Its
partners, Oslo-listed BlueNord  BNOR.OL  and Danish state-owned
Nordsofonden, own 36.8% and 20% respectively.
  

 (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen and Nerijus
Adomaitis in Oslo, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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