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Wood, September 3 2019
Equinor launches Snefrid Nord field off Norway
On September 1, Equinor and its partners started production from the Snefrid Nord gas eld, the rst discovery tied back to the Norwegian Sea Aasta Hansteen eld. It also sets a new depth record on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
Recoverable resources for Snefrid Nord are estimated at 4.4bn cubic metres of
gas (27.5mn barrels oil equivalents) and some condensate. is will extend plateau production from Aasta Hansteen by almost a year. On plateau Snefrid Nord will produce 4mn cubic metres of gas per day.
Aasta Hansteen came on stream in December 2018. Together with the Polarled pipeline the eld opened a new region in the Norwegian Sea for gas export to Europe. Less than a year later the rst discovery is tied back to the eld.
“Snefrid Nord has been delivered without any serious injuries, ahead of schedule
and within the cost estimate,” says Geir Tungesvik, senior vice president for project development in Equinor.
It cost around NOK 1.2bn to develop Snefrid Nord. Originally the eld was to start production at the end of 2019.
Snefrid Nord was discovered in 2015 and in 2017 the eld development was sanctioned. e concept includes one well in a subsea template tied back to the
Aasta Hansteen eld by a pipeline and an umbilical.
e template is installed at a water depth of 1,309 metres, making Snefrid Nord the deepest eld development on the NCS.
Well 30/12-2 was drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger drilling facility, which is now drilling appraisal well 25/4-14 S on the Alvheim eld in the central part of the North Sea in production licence 036 C, where Aker BP ASA is the operator.
Equinor, September 4 2019
AkerBPwelldryoffNorway NPD,September42019
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 986, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 30/12-2.
e well was drilled about 70 km south of the Oseberg eld centre and 160 kilometres west of Bergen in the northern part of the North Sea.
e objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tarbert and Ness formation).
Well 30/12-2 encountered the Tarbert formation with a thickness of about 95 metres, of which 20 metres was aquiferous reservoir rocks with moderate reservoir quality. e Ness formation came in
with about 65 metres, with 35 metres of aquiferous reservoir rock with moderate reservoir quality. e well is dry.
Data acquisition has been conducted.
is is the rst exploration well in production licence 986, which was awarded in APA 2018.
e well was drilled to a vertical depth below the sea surface of 3173 metres, and was terminated in the Ness formation in the Middle Jurassic.
Water depth at the site is 105 metres. e well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
NPD issues permit to Repsol to drill well
e Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Repsol Norge AS a drilling permit for well 9/2-12, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Well 9/2-12 will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility in position 57°52’28.97”N and 4°33’11.52”E.
e drilling programme for well 9/2-12 relates to the drilling of wildcat wells in production licence 910. Repsol Norge AS
is the operator with an ownership interest
of 61.111%. e other licensees are Lotos E&P Norge AS with an ownership interest of 22.222% and OKEA ASA with an ownership interest of 16.667%.
e area in this licence consists of a part of block 9/2. e well will be drilled about three kilometres east of the Yme eld.
Production licence 910 was awarded on 2 March 2018 in APA 2017. is is the rst well to be drilled in the licence.
e permit is contingent on the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing the drilling activity.
NPD, September 4 2019
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