UK-listed Kistos has contracted a rig and a lift vessel for the decommissioning of its Q10-A gas field in the Dutch North Sea, with offshore work scheduled to start in 2028.
The company disclosed the two contracts in its interim results. The rig will carry out a single plug-and-abandonment campaign on the field’s wells, while the lift vessel has been booked to remove the Q10-A platform jacket. Neither contractor, vessel nor contract value has been disclosed.
Kistos is targeting cessation of production by the end of 2027. The company said the well campaign is planned for 2028, with removal of the remaining infrastructure expected to follow, most likely in 2029.
The AIM-listed company operates Q10-A with a 60% interest. The field, about 22 km offshore the Netherlands, started production in January 2019 and currently has six producing wells. Gas is exported from the platform through a 42 km pipeline to TAQA-operated P15-D for processing.
The development dates back to a 2018 EPCI award to Heerema Fabrication Group for the unmanned Q10-A platform, then being developed by Tulip Oil, which was subsequently acquired by Kistos.
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