Gas exports from Tyra hub in Danish North Sea to be impacted following compressor fault
(WO) – On Monday, April 29th, Blue Nord reported that an “operational occurrence with the IP compressor” on the Tyra II redevelopment project has been “temporarily impacting the commissioning of the new Tyra facilities during the ramp-up and testing period.” As a result, “export volumes from Tyra II are expected to be impacted for the month of May 2024,” BlueNord said.
Currently, the duration of the testing program and commissioning plan for driving the ramp-up to 8.1 MMcmgd is expected to be prolonged by at least 1 month. Blue Nord did not provide an exact timeline, but said it would keep the market updated.
The occurrence was originally reported on April 18th by TotalEnergies, the field operator. Together with BlueNord and Nordsøfonden, the three companies comprise the Danish Underground Constortium (DUC), which is responsible for the Tyra II redevelopment project and 86% and 89% of Denmark’s oil and gas production, respectively.
The DUC announced that production restarted from Tyra in March 2024. According to operator TotalEnergies, the Tyra field was discovered in 1968 by Maersk Oil, 225 km west of the coast from Esbjerg.
In September 2019, gas production was shut down to enable the rebuilding of Tyra. After dismantling the former Tyra platforms, eight new platform modules, two new platform legs and six bridges were installed. 98.5% of the materials from the end-of-life installations have been reused or recycled.
