Maersk Oil said on Tuesday its Gryphon floating production vessel will soon be docked for repairs in Rotterdam after suffering damage in a North Sea storm in February, and it will be away for a year, Reuters reports.
The Gryphon floating production, storage and offloanding (FPSO) vessel had been producing about 18,000 barrels per day from the Gryphon, Maclure and Tullich fields in the UK sector of the sea until stormy weather caused some of its anchors to snap, allowing it to move off position before it could secured again.
"Gryphon is likely to return to the field in spring 2012," Maersk Oil, the petroleum arm of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO: Quote), said in a statement.
While the vessel is away, repair work will be done to subsurface infrastructure, Maersk Oil said.
"Subsurface wells and manifolds were not damaged," it added.
Oil from Gryphon normally contributes about a third of Maersk's oil production in the UK, the company said.
"Maersk Oil is now reviewing options for further development of the field to maximise future oil and gas recovery," it said.
In the meantime, Maersk Oil has been busy with other exploration and development activities in the UK, including the Culzean gas discovery, the Golden Eagle oil field development and plans to develop Flyndre, the company said.
The Gryphon floating production, storage and offloanding (FPSO) vessel had been producing about 18,000 barrels per day from the Gryphon, Maclure and Tullich fields in the UK sector of the sea until stormy weather caused some of its anchors to snap, allowing it to move off position before it could secured again.
"Gryphon is likely to return to the field in spring 2012," Maersk Oil, the petroleum arm of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO: Quote), said in a statement.
While the vessel is away, repair work will be done to subsurface infrastructure, Maersk Oil said.
"Subsurface wells and manifolds were not damaged," it added.
Oil from Gryphon normally contributes about a third of Maersk's oil production in the UK, the company said.
"Maersk Oil is now reviewing options for further development of the field to maximise future oil and gas recovery," it said.
In the meantime, Maersk Oil has been busy with other exploration and development activities in the UK, including the Culzean gas discovery, the Golden Eagle oil field development and plans to develop Flyndre, the company said.