Aker BP ASA on Thursday introduced an oil discovery with an estimated recoverable quantity of 96-134 million barrels of oil equal (MMboe) within the Yggdrasil space on Norway’s aspect of the North Sea.
“Omega Alfa is among the many largest business discoveries in Norway in a decade”, Aker BP chief govt Karl Johnny Hersvik mentioned in an announcement issued by the Fornebu-based firm. “Constructing on the momentum from the oil discovery at East Frigg in 2023, it marks a serious step towards our ambition of manufacturing a couple of billion barrels from the Yggdrasil space”.
The Omega Alfa marketing campaign focused 5 constructions – Omega, Alfa, Alfa South, Sigma NE and Pi – by a multilateral nicely on the western aspect of Yggdrasil. In July Aker BP reported a discovery of 20-40 MMboe from two of the constructions. After the completion of the marketing campaign the mixed recoverable volumes have now elevated to 96-134 MMboe.
- Advertisement -
Over three months, Odfjell Drilling Ltd.’s semi-submersible Deepsea Stavanger drilled 45,000 meters (147,637.8 toes), together with 40,000 meters in reservoir sections. “This included the three longest nicely branches ever drilled on the Norwegian continental shelf, with the longest department reaching 10,666 meters”, Aker BP mentioned.
“The horizontal drilling technique enabled the gathering of an unprecedented quantity of high-quality reservoir knowledge. This has considerably lowered subsurface uncertainty and permits us to quickly advance into idea research to find out the optimum tie-back answer to Yggdrasil”.
Yggdrasil, in response to Aker BP, is the largest hydrocarbon improvement underway on the Norwegian continental shelf. Yggdrasil, between Alvheim and Oseberg, has a confirmed useful resource base of round 700 MMboe, in response to Aker BP.
Authorities authorized the event plan 2023. Aker BP and its companions count on manufacturing to begin 2027, with 55 wells deliberate.
Yggdrasil consists of the Fulla, Hugin and Munin licenses, all operated by Aker BP. In Fulla, Aker BP owns 40 p.c, Norway’s state-owned Equinor holds 47.7 p.c and Poland’s state-owned ORLEN SA has 12.3 p.c by ORLEN Upstream Norway AS. In Hugin, Aker BP owns 87.7 p.c and ORLEN 12.3 p.c. Munin is a 50-50 enterprise between Aker BP and Equinor.
The event plan, as shared on Aker BP’s web site, features a processing platform with a nicely space and dwelling quarters, Hugin A. Hugin A is deliberate to be minimally manned.
An unmanned manufacturing platform, Munin, could be put in on the northern aspect of Yggdrasil. Hugin A would offer companies together with oil stabilization and produced water therapy to Munin, in addition to ship water for injection to subsea manufacturing services.
A usually unmanned wellhead platform, Hugin B, would serve the redeveloped Froy discipline, began up 1995 however shut down 2001 in response to info on authorities web site Norskpetroleum.no. Hugin B could be tied again to Hugin A.
Yggdrasil’s subsea parts would encompass 9 templates, pipelines and umbilicals.
Pure gasoline could be exported by a shared pipeline from Hugin A through Munin to Statpipe and Karsto whereas oil could be exported by a shared pipeline from Hugin A to the Grane oil pipeline and Stureterminalen. Joint ventures have been shaped with Equinor as operator for the export pipelines.
An built-in operations middle and management room could be erected onshore Stavanger.
Yggdrasil could be powered from shore to reduce emissions.
To contact the creator, electronic mail jov.onsat@rigzone.com
What do you suppose? We’d love to listen to from you, be part of the dialog on the
Rigzone Vitality Community.
The Rigzone Vitality Community is a brand new social expertise created for you and all power professionals to Converse Up about our business, share information, join with friends and business insiders and interact in knowledgeable neighborhood that can empower your profession in power.
