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in the offshore license PL973, last week marine and industrial markets in Europe, has unit (flotel) designed for worldwide
said that the well, targeting the Jerv christened its second bunkering barge at the operation with emphasis on some of the
prospect, had encountered hydrocarbons, Port of Antwerp. harshest environmental conditions in the
but the final results were not yet available The FlexFueler 002 joins the FlexFueler world, such as the Northern North Sea.
at the time. 001 and the Green Zeebrugge in Titan The unit is equipped with the
Come Tuesday, OKEA said Chrysaor LNG’s fleet, the company said in a brief Kongsberg Dynamic Positioning System,
had concluded the drilling of exploration statement through its social media certified to DP3 class and it accommodates
well 15/12-25. channels. 440 people.
“The well encountered a 40 m gas The company will bring the bunkering When it comes to a contract between
condensate column in the reservoir of barge into operation on March 25. It aims Vår Energi and Floatel International, the
good to very good quality. No gas-water to expand the availability of LNG as a two companies in January 2021 signed
contact was observed. The well was not marine fuel in the ARA region, providing the contract for the provision of an
formation tested but coring, sampling, and a cost-effective and sustainable solution to accommodation unit for a period of three
data acquisition were performed, including the shipping’s decarbonization mission. months set to begin in June 2021.
pressure data. Fluxys and the Port of Antwerp are Balder is a field in the central part of
The reservoir pressure is highly partnering with Titan LNG on this the North Sea, just west of the Grane field.
depleted and the remaining resources venture, supporting the growth of LNG The water depth in the area is 125 metres.
are interpreted to be insufficient for infrastructure. Balder was discovered in 1967, and the
development. The well is now being The vessel was delivered to Titan LNG initial plan for development and operation
plugged for abandonment and no further in December last year by the shipbuilder (PDO) was approved in 1996. Production
data will be acquired,” OKEA said. Kooiman Marine. started in 1999.
The well targeted petroleum The field has been developed with
in reservoirs of Paleocene age (Ty subsea wells tied-back to the Balder
Formation). The well was drilled to a total Var Energi to use Floatel production, storage and offloading vessel
depth of 2,795 m below mean sea level and (FPSO).
terminated in limestone, also assumed to Superior on Balder field The Ringhorne deposit, located nine
be of Paleocene age. The water depth is kilometres north of the Balder FPSO, is
86 m. Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority included in the Balder complex.
This is the first exploration well drilled (PSA) has given Var Energi its consent Ringhorne is developed with a
in PL973. The well 15/12-25 (Jerv) was to use the Floatel Superior as a mobile combined accommodation, drilling and
drilled by the COSL Innovator semi- quarters facility on the Balder field off wellhead facility, tied-back to the Balder
submersible drilling rig which will now Norway. FPSO and Jotun FPSO for processing,
drill well 15/12-26 (Ilder) in the same The Balder field is located in the North crude oil storage and gas export.
license. Sea production licence 001 where Vår
Chrysaor Norge AS (operator) holds Energi is the operator with a 90% interest
50%; OKEA ASA 30% and Petoro AS 20% with Mime Petroleum as its partner,
WI in the PL973 licence. holding the remaining 10% interest.
The PSA said on March 24 that the
Floatel International-owned Floatel
Titan LNG christens second Superior will be used as a mobile quarters
facility for the Balder floating production
bunkering barge unit (FPU).
Floatel Superior is a semi-submersible
Titan LNG, a Dutch supplier of LNG to the accommodation and construction support

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