French oil and gas major Total SA (NYSE:TOT) has announced the start-up of the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields in the West of Shetland region, offshore UK.
Edradour & Glenlivet are located in proximity to the Laggan-Tormore fields, which came online earlier this year (in February), and these latest fields are expected to deliver capacity for up to 56,000 barrels oil equivalent per day.
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Arnaud Breuillac, president for exploration and production, said: “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.
“We have completed this project ahead of schedule and 30% under the initial budget.”
The two new fields together comprise three wells, tied sub-sea to the Laggan-Tormore production system, and they subsequently feed back to the UK mainland.
Total owns 60% of the fields, while partners Dong E&P UK and SSE E&P UK each hold 20%.