STERLING ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH TEESSIDE TO PROCESS GAS FROM BREAGH
CALGARY, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - Sterling Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SLG) ("Sterling" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that agreement has been reached with the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP) for the processing and redelivery of natural gas to be produced from the Breagh gas field in the UK North Sea. The scope of the agreement also includes the facilitation of the construction of a 10 kilometre section of onshore pipeline across Teesside and required construction work at the TGPP, a plant owned by Teesside Gas & Liquids Processing (TGLP). The agreement with TGLP was negotiated by the operator of the Breagh field, RWE Dea who hold a 70% working interest. Sterling holds the remaining 30% working interest.
The processing and redelivery agreement covers the entire Breagh field life. Among the services to be provided by TGLP is the processing of Breagh natural gas production within a dedicated unit at the TGPP, with onward redelivery of gas to the UK National Transmission System and/or local customers. TGLP will also provide remote operational services to the offshore Breagh Alpha platform facility and will undertake ongoing operational and maintenance related services to the onshore section of the Breagh pipeline.
A separate agreement with px Group (px) provides for the construction and installation of onshore 20" and 3" pipelines and telemetry system from Coatham Sands, Redcar to the TGPP. In addition to their existing responsibility for operation and management of the TGPP, px will manage the construction of the onshore pipeline, with subcontracts in respect of this work expected to be awarded before the end of 2010.
The Breagh gas field is located in UKCS Block 42/13 of the southern North Sea in 62 metres water depth, approximately 100 kilometres to the east of Teesside. Field development is envisaged in two phases with gas being exported via a 20 inch pipeline to be laid from the Breagh Alpha platform facility to the TGPP via Coatham Sands, Redcar.
The estimated resources make Breagh and the surrounding fields one of the largest natural gas discoveries still to be developed in the UK Southern North Sea. Further upside potential is expected in the surrounding exploration blocks. The Breagh Phase one development is expected to receive Government approval during the fourth quarter of this year.
Sterling Resources Ltd. is a Canadian-listed international oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with assets in the United Kingdom, Romania and France. The shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "SLG".
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