Equinor opening data from defunct North Sea field
Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Equinor and its partners in the former Volve license in the North Sea have decided to disclose all subsurface and operating data from the shut-in Volve field.
The company claims this will be the most comprehensive data release ever on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), covering a total of around 40,000 files, including both static models and dynamic simulations; well data, real-time drilling data, production data, geophysical data, and other reports.
“Volve is an example of how we searched for every possibility to extend the field life,” said Equinor COO Jannicke Nilsson. “Now we want to share all Volve data to ensure learning and development of future solutions.
“We believe that this data will be highly useful, contributing to further learning and experience transfer in the industry and in academia.”
The field was developed via eight wells drilled and produced through thejackupMærsk Inspirer. Operations started in February 2008: peak output was 56,000 b/d, and 63 MMbbl were produced before the field was shut down in 2016.
Other licensees were ExxonMobil and Bayerngas.
One goal of the data release is to allow students to train on real data sets from the NCS.
“We believe that the learning potential for students is huge when they can train on real data, and it will prepare them further for working on real cases in the future,” Nilsson said.
“We also share this data set to encourage higher productivity and innovation in the industry. We hope that it will not only help future energy innovators in their work, but also contribute to more efficient operation and possibly better interaction between players in our industry.”
06/14/2018