Germany
Harbour is now one of the largest oil and gas producers in Germany with a significant operated position. Production is both oil and gas and diversified across three production hubs: Mittelplate, Germany’s largest oil producing field, Langwedel-Holtenbüttel/Gas Nord which includes the major Völkersen gas field, and the Emlichheim heavy oil field.
Production averaged 29 kboepd over the period from 3 September 2024 to 31 December 2024, contributing 10 kboepd to the Group’s full year production (2023: N/A). This reflects a strong production efficiency from the three hubs compensating for delays to new wells and projects coming on-stream.
Most of Harbour’s operations in Germany are electrified and, as a result, the Business Unit has the lowest GHG emissions intensity, on a gross operated basis, in Harbour. largely reflecting development activities across the three production hubs.
In 2024, there was the start up of a new production well at Mittelplate in December, and drilling of the Weißenmoor Z3 well in Langwedel-Holtenbüttel which is expected on-stream in 2025. At Emlichheim, a new desulphurisation unit, part of our hot water project, started at the end of the year and the first new wells of the project were successfully completed.
Harbour also has a Technology & Service Centre in Barnstorf with a global core storage facility and apprentice training centre. Here we develop and optimise production techniques, curate drilling and simulate CO2 injection in potential deposits. In addition, the decommissioning department in Barnstorf is dedicated to the plugging of former production wells and the abandonment and recultivation of former production facilities throughout Germany.