TotalEnergies’ North Sea project ramp-up faces another delay

TotalEnergies EP Danmark, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, has pushed back the date for reaching plateau production at its natural gas redevelopment project in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

According to BlueNord, its partner and field operator in the Tyra redevelopment project, TotalEnergies, has disclosed that the final stage of the ramp-up is affected by inclement weather and minor operational occurrences. Plateau production is now expected to be reached in February. 

The date has been pushed back several times, with the French major previously eyeing mid-January and then January 31, 2025, as potential dates. The project is expected to produce 5.7 million cubic meters of gas and 22,000 barrels of condensate per day at plateau.

The French major is the operator of the field on behalf of the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) – a partnership between TotalEnergies (43.2%), BlueNord (36.8%), and Nordsøfonden (20%).

The redevelopment of what the operator says is the largest natural gas field in Denmark was required due to the natural subsidence of the chalk reservoir after decades of production, which started in 1984. The project partners aim to reach a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions with the redevelopment.

The efforts to reach full production capacity at the redevelopment of Tyra have been ongoing since March 2024, when production was restarted. This happened more than four and a half years after it was stopped to carry out the extensive revamp project.