Project N05-A
ONE-Dyas, together with its partners Hansa Hydrocarbons and EBN, intends to extract natural gas from field N05-A and from surrounding fields in the German and Dutch North Sea. In 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK) granted ONE-Dyas the final licences to develop the N05-A gas field in the Dutch North Sea. The platform location is about 20 kilometres north of the islands of Borkum, Rottumerplaat and Schiermonnikoog. The N05-A platform is located in the Netherlands, approximately one and a half kilometres from German waters. By autumn 2024, the first well will have been drilled from which natural gas can be produced from the Dutch part of the North Sea. Platform N05-A will be the first Dutch offshore gas treatment platform in the North Sea to run entirely on wind energy. For this purpose, a cable will be installed to the nearby German wind farm Riffgat. This means that the emissions are near-zero during the drilling and production phase. In addition, ONE-Dyas uses an existing pipeline which is already in the North Sea, so only a short new pipeline as a side branch is needed to bring the natural gas to land. Platform N05-A has been designed to be suitable for the production of green hydrogen in the near future.
Domestic natural gas
The Netherlands is committed to a CO2-neutral energy supply by 2050. ONE-Dyas fully endorses this energy transition. In all scenarios, natural gas will continue to play a relevant role in the coming decades. Dutch natural gas has many advantages over importing natural gas from abroad. It means a 30% lower CO2 footprint, greater security of supply and economic benefits in the form of employment, income for the Dutch state and preservation of knowledge and infrastructure for energy transition.
N05-A production platform with a view of the nearby wind farm
NEWS OVERVIEW
First production well N05-A drilled
In autumn, ONE-Dyas drilled the first well from which natural gas can be produced from field N05-A in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Soon, the production well will be connected to the Dutch natural gas network via the production platform. This connection ensures that the gas is connected to end-users.
August 2024: INSTALLATION PLATFORM N05-A
Installation work North Sea
Installation work for production platform N05-A in the North Sea will take place in summer 2024. The first natural gas will be available to Dutch and German households by the end of 2024.
After one and a half years of construction, the platform was ready to leave the yard and go on transport. At this moment, the production platform already in place in the North Sea. Several Dutch organisations are collaborating for this major operation.
Permits and licences
The GEMS project goes through four phases, exploration, discovery, production and decomissioning. For the N05-A field, the exploration and discovery phase was completed in 2018. Permits are required before the production phase can start.
On 16 October 2021, ONE-Dyas submitted the permit applications for the N05-A project (including the EIA) to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. On 23 April 2021, the Ministry of Economic Affairs made the draft decisions for this project available for public inspection.
Until 3 June 2021 stakeholders could submit their views and ask questions via www.rvo.nl/gaswinning-N05. Read more.
EXPLORATION
Verkennen - 3D seismisch onderzoek. Om de ondergrondse situatie in kaart te brengen is zogenaamd seismisch onderzoek uitgevoerd. Dit onderzoek laat zien of en op welke diepte er winbaar aardgas aanwezig is in de ondergrond. In 2019 wil ONE verder seismisch onderzoek gaan uitvoeren.
DISCOVERY
Opsporen - Proefboringen. Nadat seismisch onderzoek is uitgevoerd, moeten proefboringen uitwijzen of de voorraden daadwerkelijk aanwezig zijn en de moeite van het winnen waard zijn. In 2017 en 2018 heeft ONE op twee locaties proefboringen gedaan. Voor de periode 2019-2021 staan verdere proefboringen gepland.
EXTRACTION
Winnen - N05-A productieplatform en pijpleidingen. Om het gas in het N05-A veld te kunnen produceren dient er een platform geplaatst te worden. ONE onderzoekt hoe dit platform eruit zou komen te zien en welke apparatuur noodzakelijk is. Er zijn verschillende opties om het gas naar land te brengen. Minimalisatie van milieueffecten is een belangrijke parameter bij de selectie van het platform en de route naar land. ONE wil deze keuzes begin 2019 maken en het productieplatform in de periode 2021/2022 plaatsen.
DECOMMISSIONING
Opruimen - Ontmanteling. Als de projecten zijn afgerond worden de platformen en pijpleidingen ontmanteld. Uitgangspunt daarbij is dat de locatie weer in de oorspronkelijke staat wordt achtergelaten.