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.

Below is the broad outline of the planning from transport to production. This planning depends, among other things, on weather conditions.

First natural gas
End of 2024

The aim is to produce the first natural gasfrom platform N05-A by the end of 2024.

Pipeline installation
October

Construction of the gas pipeline is under way. A short, new natural gas pipeline of about 15 kilometres will be laid from production platform N05-A to the existing natural gas pipeline network of Noordgastransport (NGT). The temporary works are partly visible from the shore.

Mobile drilling rig
from September

At the moment, a temporary mobile drilling rig is at the project site during. The drilling rig is bigger and higher than the final production platform and will only be there temporarily during well drilling. Subsequently, the production platform N05-A will be used to produce the natural gas.

Installation production platform N05-A
End of July/Early August

The N05-A production platform is installed in the North Sea at the beginning of August. The installation did take place using a crane vessel that runs on liquefied natural gas instead of the commonly used diesel. This minimises emissions during installation.