The well is designed as a horizontal production well for the recovery of gas from the Namurian gas reservoir. The six production wells at Saltfleetby are all currently completed for production only in the Westphalian reservoir so the Namurian gas is not presently being recovered efficiently.
The Saltfleetby Gas Field was brought on production by ROC in December 1999. It has to date produced 45bcf of gas and is currently producing at a rate of 27mmscf/d. It is the United Kingdom's largest onshore gas field, with Proven and Probable initial reserves of 89 bcf.
Saltfleetby 7 is being drilled from an existing production site, allowing it to be brought on stream in time to take advantage of high northern hemisphere winter 2003/04 gas prices. The well has also been designed to appraise a potential oil reservoir in the Brinsley Abdy sands, 220m above the main gas zone.
Saltfleetby Gas Field, Onshore UK is 100% owned by Roc.
