Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway -- A semisubmersible production platform tied back to subsea wells is the development plan of choice for Gjoa field in the North Sea. First oil and gas is targeted for 2010.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Eneregy should get the plan for review before year-end.
The Gjøa field is 70 km north of the Troll field and some 45 km off the coast of western Norway. The chosen development concept ties in the three Hydro-operated oil and gas deposits Camilla, Belinda, and Fram B to Gjøa.
The partners plan to include four gas wells and eight to 10 oil wells in the field development project. The platform will get electrical power from shore.
In blocks 35/9 and 36/7, Gjøa was proven in 1989. The reserves are estimated at 60 MMbbl of oil and condensate, and 35 bcm of gas. Gas from Gjøa will be sent through the UK pipeline Flags to St Fergus in Scotland. The oil will be piped to the Troll II line and further to the Statoil-operated Mongstad refinery north of Bergen.
Statoil is the development operator for Gjøa. Gaz de France takes over as operator in the operating phase when the field comes on stream. The licensees in the Gjøa are Gaz de France (30%), Petoro (30%), Statoil (20%), Shell (12%), and RWE Dea (8%).
8/22/06
