The Tyra gasoline subject on Denmark’s facet of the North Sea has restarted manufacturing, having been shut 2019 for redevelopment, operator TotalEnergies SE mentioned.
“At plateau, the Tyra hub will produce 5.7 million cubic meters [201.3 billion cubic feet] of gasoline and 22,000 barrels of condensate per day, as soon as once more making Denmark self-sufficient and a internet exporter of pure gasoline”, the French power large mentioned in a information launch.
With the sector closed September 2019, the joint Denmark-Sweden gasoline market needed to complement provide in Danish storage services with imports from Germany and Poland throughout the interruption, in keeping with info from the Danish gasoline and energy transmission operator Energinet.
“We’re happy to restart the Tyra hub, one of the vital technologically superior offshore gasoline installations on the planet… The brand new Tyra leverages state-of-the-art digital options and technological improvements to provide extra effectively and with 30 p.c decrease greenhouse gasoline emissions than the previous services”, TotalEnergies president for exploration and manufacturing Nicolas Terraz mentioned in an announcement.
The brand new Tyra manufacturing facility has eight new platforms, two jackets and 6 bridges, with 98.5 p.c of supplies from the outdated hub reused or recycled, in keeping with TotalEnergies.
Gasoline from Tyra is distributed to Europe by way of two pipelines to Nybro, Denmark, and Den Helder, Netherlands, TotalEnergies mentioned.
Denmark’s richest gasoline subject, the Tyra undertaking has for many years processed 90 p.c of gasoline produced within the Nordic nation, in keeping with TotalEnergies. It began manufacturing 1984. Sitting 225 kilometers (139.8 miles) off the west coast of Denmark, Tyra was found by Maersk Oil 1968.
TotalEnergies owns a 43.2 p.c working stake within the undertaking. BlueNord ASA holds 36.8 p.c whereas Nordsøfonden has the remaining 20 p.c.
“The redevelopment of Tyra ensures continued manufacturing from Denmark’s largest gasoline subject, and can shield the provision of gasoline to Danish and Swedish customers”, Energitnet says on its web site.
Efficient April 2019 Denmark and Sweden merged their gasoline markets by way of the Joint Balancing Zone, geared toward bettering the effectivity of cross-border power commerce and harmonizing balancing procedures.
Through the years that gasoline stopped from Tyra the 2 neighbors initially relied on North Sea gasoline imported from Germany earlier than turning to Poland by way of the Baltic Pipe. “From October 2022 Norwegian gasoline by way of the Baltic Pipe connection and biogas are the first sources of gasoline provide”, Energinet says on its web site.
Put onstream at full capability November 2022, the Baltic Pipe, a collaboration between Energinet and Poland’s Gaz-System SA, transported 6.3 billion cubic meters (222.5 billion cubic toes) of gasoline from Norway to Poland in its first yr, Energinet mentioned in a information launch December 18. It has a designed capability of 10 billion cubic meters (353.1 billion cubic toes) yearly.
Earlier than Tyra closed, Denmark had extra gasoline exports than gasoline imports—57,669 terajoules (TJ) versus 14,523 TJ in 2018, in keeping with information from the Danish Power Company.
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