Wintershall is stepping up its activities in the southern North Sea. In addition to an extensive drilling campaign in the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark, the company intends to take its natural gas and crude oil discoveries into the production phase swiftly.
Wintershall operates 24 offshore platforms in Dutch, German and UK waters of the North Sea and is one of the most active explorers and producers in this region. This year L6-B, a platform with a unique minimal design to allow installation in a restricted military zone, will begin natural gas production in the Dutch North Sea. Natural gas production will continue to be one of the company’s main areas of activity and will be complemented by oil production as well.
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Wintershall is not only strengthening its position in the Netherlands, but also in the other regions of the southern North Sea. The company is making great progress with the development of the Ravn oil field in the Danish North Sea, of which Wintershall holds the operatorship. The development and operating plan, which has been approved by the Danish Energy Agency, envisages an unmanned production platform and a subsea pipeline that would transport the crude oil to the A6-A platform 18km away in the German North Sea, where it will be fed into the existing transport system.
