Activities

Producing fields

RWE Dea UK currently has interests in ten producing gas fields: Anglia, Cavendish, Markham, Mimas, Minke, Saturn, Tethys, Topaz, Victor and Windermere. The company is operator of the Cavendish, Windermere and Topaz gas fields. These fields produce gas from at total of 33 wells (in 2010) drilled into the Rotliegendes and Carboniferous reservoirs. Production from the Cavendish field, RWE Dea’s first development project in the United Kingdom, commenced in July 2007 and is exported via the Caister Murdoch System (CMS) facilities to the Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal (TGT). With initial production rates of 1,6 million m3, the Cavendish field was one of the building blocks in boosting the level of gas sales in the UK. The Saturn Area development was also completed in 2007 allowing production start-up from the Mimas and Tethys satellites, which now complement production from the main Saturn fields Atlas, Hyperion, and Rhea. The Windermere and Markham fields, both provide gas to the continental market through the Westgastransport (WGT) pipeline system. The Minke field was developed with export to the Netherlands via the D15 facilities and onwards into the Noordgastransport (NGT) pipeline system. These fields have an important strategic position along the UK/Dutch median line and will facilitate further developments in that area. The Topaz field was brought onstream in 2009 as a satellite to the Schooner platform and is also exported via CMS to TGT.