Serica Energy plc has received final regulatory approval to develop its 100% owned and operated Belinda field in the Triton area of the UK central North Sea.
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The company plans to drill the development well in the first half of 2025, before tying back the field to the Triton FPSO, with production due to begin during Q1 2026.
The Belinda well, in block 21/30f approximately 6km southeast of the Triton FPSO, is the fifth in Serica’s Triton area drilling campaign which began in April.
The company is using the COSL*Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig for operations.
Discovered in 1990 and appraised in 2016, Belinda is estimated to have proven and probable reserves of circa 5 million barrels of oil equivalent of which 80% is oil.
“We are delighted to have received approval to develop Belinda,” said chairman and interim chief executive David Latin.
“We have further potential projects in our portfolio which we continue to assess, including the possible re-development of the Kyle field, which could, like Belinda, be another low emissions tie-back candidate to the Triton FPSO.”
The Triton area comprises eight producing oil fields developed via common infrastructure located 190km east of Aberdeen in water depths of 90m.
Current producing fields include Evelyn, Bittern, Guillemot West and Guillemot Northwest, Gannet E, Clapham, Pict and Saxon.
Serica’s partners are Dana Petroleum Ltd and Waldorf Production UK Ltd.
Dana operates the Triton FPSO and the Bittern, Guillemot West / North West, Clapham, Saxon and Pict fields.
In addition to Belinda, Serica operates the Gannet E and Evelyn fields, with Dana as pipeline operator and Petrofac as well operator.
*China Oilfield Services, a subsidiary of Chinese state owned company CNOOC Group.