In an announcement posted on its web site on Tuesday, Equinor introduced that it has made a discovery 17km (10.5 miles) west of the Troll area within the North Sea.
The corporate famous within the assertion that the invention is at present estimated at between two and 12 million barrels of oil equal and mentioned the discover consists of each oil and gasoline.
Equinor revealed that the preliminary identify of the invention is Ringand and identified within the assertion that that is the second discover “in a short while within the space”. It mentioned the invention “will in all probability not be industrial for improvement in isolation”.
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“It is a small discovery, however in an attention-grabbing space that we plan to additional discover with a lot present infrastructure,” Geir Sørtveit, Equinor’s senior vp for Exploration & Manufacturing West on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), mentioned within the assertion.
“If extra discoveries are made, it could be related to mix these to make sure good useful resource utilization and the absolute best economic system,” the Equinor consultant added.
The invention was made in exploration properly 31/1-4 in manufacturing license 923/923B, Equinor famous within the assertion. Licensees for the asset comprise Equinor, with a 60 p.c stake, DNO Norge, with a 20 p.c curiosity, and Petoro, with the remaining 20 p.c curiosity, the assertion outlined.
In a separate assertion posted on Equinor’s website again in November, the corporate introduced that it had “struck oil and gasoline close to the Fram area within the North Sea”. The invention is estimated at between 13 and 28 million barrels of oil equal, Equinor famous on the time.
In an announcement posted on the Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s (NOD) website yesterday, NOD confirmed that “Equinor and its companions have found oil and gasoline in wildcat properly 31/1-4 (Ringand) within the North Sea”.
“Preliminary estimates point out the dimensions of the invention is between 0.3 and a couple of million customary cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equal, which corresponds to 1.9-12.6 million barrels,” NOD added.
NOD highlighted within the assertion that Manufacturing license 923 borders Troll øst and the Fram space and famous that earlier discoveries made within the area embrace 31/1-2 S (Røver nord) and 31/1-3 S (Røver sør).
“The licensees have assessed the earlier discoveries as commercially worthwhile, and they’re going to take into account improvement options tied again to present infrastructure,” NOD mentioned within the assertion.
“Ringand was exploration properly quantity seven in manufacturing licence 923/ 923B. This properly is registered as the primary properly in manufacturing licence 923 B,” it added.
In keeping with Equinor’s web site, Troll incorporates about 40 p.c of whole gasoline reserves on the NCS and represents “the very cornerstone of Norwegian gasoline manufacturing”. Troll can also be one of many largest oil fields on the NCS, the location states, highlighting that, in 2002, oil manufacturing from the asset got here in at greater than 400,000 barrels per day.
The sector consists of the primary Troll East and Troll West constructions in blocks 31/2, 31/3, 31/5 and 31/6 within the North Sea, the location notes. Troll is situated within the northern a part of the North Sea, about 65km (40.3 miles) west of Kollsnes close to Bergen, the location highlights.
Equinor is the operator of the Troll A, B, and C platforms and the landfall pipelines, and Gassco is the operator for the gasoline processing plant at Kollsnes on behalf of Gassled, the location factors out, including that Equinor is the technical service supplier for Kollsnes operations.
In an announcement posted on its website on December 16, NOD introduced that Vår Energi and Equinor had confirmed oil in appraisal properly 7122/8-2 S within the Barents Sea.
“The properly was drilled to delineate the ‘Countach’ discovery close to the Goliat area,” the NOD highlighted within the assertion.
“After the appraisal properly, the preliminary estimate of the dimensions of the invention is between 1.6 and eight.3 million customary cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equal. This corresponds to 10-52 million barrels,” it added.
In a separate assertion posted on its website on December 10, NOD mentioned “Wintershall Dea (Harbour Power) has confirmed gasoline in appraisal properly 6507/4-5 S within the Norwegian Sea, 270km [1659 miles] north of Kristiansund”.
“The preliminary estimate of the dimensions of the invention within the Lange Formation (Sabina) is between 2.7 and 6.2 million customary cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equal. This corresponds to about 17-39 million barrels of oil equal,” it added.
An announcement posted on Wintershall Dea’s web site on September 3 introduced that, as of that date, Wintershall Dea’s E&P enterprise, excluding Russia-related actions, had been transferred to Harbour Power plc.
In a separate assertion posted on NOD’s website on December 2, NOD mentioned DNO and its companions had found oil within the ‘Othello’ prospect within the southern North Sea.
“Preliminary estimates point out the dimensions of the invention is between 4-9 million customary cubic meters of oil equal, which corresponds to 25-57 million barrels of oil equal,” NOD mentioned in that assertion.
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