Equinor ASA and its companions have achieved two new pure fuel and condensate discoveries within the Sleipner space on Norway’s facet of the North Sea.
Preliminary estimates for Lofn (nicely 15/5-8 S) and Langemann (15/5-8 A), in manufacturing license 1140, point out 5-18 million customary cubic meters oil-equivalent recoverable sources, or 30-110 million barrels, in line with the Norwegian majority state-owned firm.
“These are Equinor’s largest discoveries thus far this yr and might be developed for the European market by way of current infrastructure”, it stated in a web based assertion.
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The discoveries sit between the Gudrun and Eirin fields and about 40 kilometers (24.85 miles) northwest of the Sleipner A processing, drilling and dwelling quarters platform, in line with Equinor. The platform is one in every of a number of installations serving the Sleipner fuel and condensate fields Sleipner East (which began manufacturing 1993), Gungne (began up 1996) and Sleipner West (additionally put onstream 1996). Sleipner infrastructure additionally serves tie-in fields Sigyn (on-line since 2002), Volve (began up 2008), Gudrun (began up 2014) and Gina Krog (began up 2017).
Lofn and Langemann encountered fuel and condensate within the Hugin Formation, which consists of sandstones with “good reservoir properties”, Equinor stated.
“The discoveries cut back uncertainty in a number of close by prospects, which is able to now be additional evaluated”, it stated.
Kjetil Hove, govt vice chairman for Norwegian exploration and manufacturing at Equinor, stated, “This demonstrates the significance of sustaining exploration exercise on the Norwegian continental shelf. There are nonetheless vital power sources on the shelf, and Europe wants steady oil and fuel deliveries”.
“Discoveries close to current fields might be developed rapidly by way of subsea amenities, with restricted environmental affect, very low CO2 emissions from manufacturing and powerful profitability”, Hove stated.
“Equinor plans to speed up such developments on the Norwegian continental shelf”.
Karl Johnny Hersvik, chief govt of license co-owner Aker BP ASA, stated individually the discoveries make 2025 Aker BP’s most profitable yr in exploration because the Johan Sverdrup area was found 2010.
“These outcomes are key to sustaining manufacturing above 500,000 barrels per day into the 2030s”, Hersvik stated in a press release on Aker BP’s web site. “The progress achieved this yr reinforces our confidence in delivering on that trajectory”.
“Throughout three main discoveries, we’ve got added greater than 100 million barrels web to the corporate, together with Omega Alfa and Kjøttkake earlier this yr”, Hersvik stated.
Lofn was drilled 4,636 meters (15,209 toes) deep and Langemann 4,932 meters deep, in line with Equinor.
These are the primary exploration wells drilled in license 1140, awarded 2022, in line with the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.
“The Deepsea Atlantic rig will now proceed to the Sissel prospect for Equinor and accomplice ORLEN Upstream Norway, close to the Utgard area within the Sleipner space”, Equinor stated.
Equinor operates the license 1140 with a 60 % stake by way of Equinor Vitality AS. Aker BP ASA owns 40 %.
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