UK’s Huntington Field to Restart Production by May 7

E.ON-operated Huntington field in the UK is expected to restart full production in less than two weeks, after the replacement of the couplings of the inert gas system on the floating production and storage unit.

‘According to information conveyed by the operator to the license partners, the work is now progressing as planned and a full production restart is expected between 30 April and 7 May,’ reads a note released by Noreco on Wednesday.

Full production has been interrupted since 12 April. 

‘Assuming no further production this month, the Huntington production will constitute a daily average for April of approx. 1 900 barrels of oil equivalents to Noreco. For comparison, Huntington yielded 5 573 barrels of oil equivalents to Noreco in March,’ added the communiqué published by the Norwegian company.

Production at Huntington field started in April 2013. The filed was shut on 8 August 2013 due to concerns related to the cargo tank venting system on board the platform. It was  then restarted on 19 August 2013, after 11 days of precautionary shutdown due to concerns with the cargo tank venting activities during low wind conditions.