Serica Energy plc has completed repairs and scheduled maintenance to the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel ahead of the restart of production, expected shortly.
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The vessel had been beset with issues since December 2024, leading to a shutdown.
“During the shutdown, extensive repairs to the inert gas marine system were completed, with over 100 components on the system either replaced or refurbished,” said the company.
“Topside modifications were made in readiness to accept the start of production from the Belinda field expected in early 2026, significant safety critical maintenance work was also undertaken on the firewater system, and valves and sections of pipework across the FPSO were replaced.”
Production will increase as each field tied back to Triton is brought back onstream, reaching a stable level during July.
Serica expects pre-shutdown production of 25,000 boepd net to the company to have the potential to increase with additional production from two new wells.
The W7z well on the Guillemot North West field (Serica: 10%) and the EV02 well on the Evelyn field (100%) were completed on schedule and under budget during the Triton downtime.
The company added: “The work done is expected to improve operational performance of the Triton FPSO significantly going forward, and there are no further planned outages for the Triton FPSO in 2025.”
The FPSO serves eight currently producing oil and gas fields of Evelyn, Bittern, Guillemot West and Guillemot Northwest, Gannet E, Clapham, Pict and Saxon in the UK central North Sea.