Essential piece in Romania’s energy security Neptun Deep is progressing towards its first delivery of natural gas, reports project operator OMV Petrom.
OMV Petrom announces the start of construction works for the steel support structure of the production platform (“jacket”).
The support structure (“jacket”) is the first element of the Neptun Alpha platform that will be installed in the Black Sea. It will be approximately 140 meters high, with a base of approximately 40 square meters and will weigh over 7,000 tons. The upper part of the platform will be mounted on this structure, reports Agerpres.
“The Neptun Alpha platform will be installed in the water area with a depth of ~100 meters and is part of the infrastructure required for the production of the Domino and Pelican Sud offshore natural gas fields. The productive infrastructure also includes 10 wells, 3 submarine production systems and the network of associated collector pipes, the main gas pipeline to the shore (~160 km) and the gas measurement station in Tuzla,” the press release says.
The Neptun Deep project is being developed in equal stakes by OMV Petrom and Romgaz (through its subsidiary Romgaz Black Sea Limited).
The production was estimated at about 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to the current annual demand for natural gas of about 4.3 million households multiplied about 30 times.
OMV Petrom is the largest integrated energy producer in South-Eastern Europe.
In short, the purpose of this project is that Romania would be able to internally consume its own gas production.
Greenpeace Romania has attempted to block and boycott the Neptun Deep project, but has not succeeded.
