Toggle mobile menu Main navigation (Default) Search Link Search UNITED KINGDOM SELF-SUFFICIENT PRODUCTION Off the British coast, Wintershall Dea has been producing since 2011 – efficiently and with state-of-the-art technology. 98% of the oil and gas production in the UK comes from offshore fields. SHARE Credit shutterstock Wintershall Dea holds six licences off the British coast as a shareholder of Wintershall Noordzee (50% Wintershall Dea, 50% Gazprom) which is operator of all of them. Wingate is the company's first self-operated natural gas production platform in the British North Sea: Gas is being produced successfully from Wingate, a field discovered in 2008, using an unmanned platform. The portfolio also includes the natural gas field Sillimanite that straddles the UK-Dutch maritime border and was discovered in 2015. All the production platforms and production are monitored and controlled from the Wintershall Noordzee location in Den Helder in the Netherlands. Credit Wintershall Dea WHERE WE OPERATE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Wintershall Noordzee exclusively operates offshore in the UK. The Wingate natural gas field belongs to licence block 44/24b and is located off the British coast, east of Scarborough. The Sillimanite gas field is situated directly to the north of Wingate. The company successfully started production from two wells from Sillimanite in February and June 2020. First gas from the Sillimanite South field was produced in December 2020. In September 2020, Wintershall Noordzee was awarded three offshore licences in the 32nd UK licensing round. 10.5 KILOMETRES IS THE WINGATE PLATFORM AWAY FROM THE BRITISH-DUTCH MEDIAN LINE. 70 METRES IS THE TOTAL LENGTH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF THE PLATFORM, THEREOF 45 M UNDER WATER. 850 TONS IS THE WEIGHT OF THE JACKET WITH WHICH THE PLATFORM IS ANCHORED TO THE SEABED. A view of the RCO centre in Den Helder, Netherlands. Credit Wintershall Dea/Marcel Molle WINGATE – A SELF-SUFFICIENT PLATFORM The Wingate field came on stream in 2011. To enable that, a 1,200 square metre production platform was anchored to the seabed. The unmanned platform is fully self-sufficient: A mini turbine power station generates electricity using the natural gas extracted directly from the field. Production is controlled using the company's own Remote Controlled Operations (RCO) telemonitoring system from Den Helder in the Netherlands. The gas produced is transported by pipeline to the nearby D15-A platform and from there to the Dutch mainland. RELATED ARTICLES DENMARK Production in the North Sea Off Denmark’s coast, Wintershall Dea has been producing for four decades – and is still exploring further potentials. NEWS “Methane Emissions as minimal as possible" CEO Mario Mehren welcomes Global Methane Pledge (COP26) and first report of the International Methane Emissions Observatory "IMEO" (G20). YOU CAN FIND ALL RELEVANT INFO FOR SUPPLIERS HERE LEARN MORE FOLLOW US LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Youtube Footer (Default) CONTACT IMPRINT DATA PROTECTION DISCLAIMER COMPLIANCE REMIT © Wintershall Dea AG Domains (Default) WINTERSHALLDEA.DE WINTERSHALLDEA.NO WINTERSHALLDEA.RU Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. By clicking on “Accept all cookies”, you agree to cookies being stored on your device for web analytics with the web analytics service Matomo and for playing YouTube videos. More Information ACCEPT ALL COOKIES COOKIE SETTINGS