TotalEnergies has announced that it will restart production at Denmark’s Tyra natural gas field in March of this year.

The field, which is Denmark’s largest gas field, was temporarily closed down for redevelopment in 2019 and is on schedule for a March 31 startup.

The French company stated that, depending on project progress, the restart could potentially happen earlier in March. The outcome of tests suggests that a ramp-up to full technical capacity is expected to take four months from the restart.

The redeveloped field, also known as Tyra II, is expected to deliver 2.8 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas per year, as previously stated by TotalEnergies. Prior to its shutdown, Tyra served as a processing and export hub for over 90% of gas produced from the Danish sector of the North Sea.

Production was halted after the seabed had sunk several meters under Tyra’s platforms during more than 30 years of production. The redevelopment project included removing and recycling old installations and installing new ones, including longer platform legs.

TotalEnergies operates Tyra II on behalf of the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), where it holds a 43.2% stake. Its partners, Oslo-listed BlueNord and Danish state-owned Nordsofonden, own 36.8% and 20%, respectively.