Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – The Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian North Sea is expected to increase its production capacity to 535,000 b/d of oil by mid-2021, according to operator Equinor.
This is around 100,000 bbl more than the original basis at start-up in October 2019.
Equinor and its partners tested the plant capacity in November 2020 to verify a possible production rise. Rates up to 535,000 b/d of oil were tested. The capacity increase depends on water-injection, which is planned for this year, the company said.
Rune Nedregaard, vice president for Johan Sverdrup operations, said: “This increase is possible because the field production has been very good and stable from day one, and the wells have produced even better than expected.”
This will be the third capacity increase since the field came onstream in October 2019.
The Johan Sverdrup field is powered from shore with very low CO2 emissions per barrel. In 2020, 1 bbl of oil produced at the field emitted less than 0.2kg CO2 – almost 100 times lower than the global average, Equinor said. Emissions during the field life are estimated at less than 0.7kg CO2 per produced barrel.
Partners in the Johan Sverdrup field are Equinor (operator, 42.6%), Lundin Energy Norway (20%), Petoro (17.36%), Aker BP (11.5733%) and, Total (8.44%).
01/28/2021
