January 14, 2008: 07:03 AM EST
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Monday it, along with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), had started natural gas output from its U.K. North Sea Starling field.
The project represents a GBP175 million investment and gas is to be exported to the U.K. mainland.
Shell owns 28% in, and is operator of, the field, while ExxonMobil has 72% in the acreage.
Peak production is estimated at some 140 million standard cubic feet a day.
-By Benoit Faucon, Dow Jones Newswires; +44-20-7842-9266; benoit.faucon@ dowjones.com
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