Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway –Statoil has won approval from Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for its development plan for the Skuld project in the Norwegian North Sea.
Skuld encompasses the Fossekall and Dompap fields in 360 m (1,181 ft) water depth. Both will be tied back to the Norne FPSO via a 14-in. (36-cm) production flowline and an umbilical.
Construction of the subsea hardware is already well advanced, with Aker Solutions having just shipped out two of the three standardized subsea templates for Fossekall from its yard in Egersund, Norway. The third should be delivered this spring - all three will provide slots for a total of six production wells and three water injectors.
Skuld’s recoverable reserves are estimated at around 90 MMboe, mostly oil, and this is Statoil’s largest fasttrack development to date offshore Norway, with an investment tag of $1.67 billion.
First oil is scheduled for December 2012, with production set to build to more than 45,000 boe/d. Skuld should also prolong the life of the Norne facilities at least through 2021.
In northern Norway, Statoil has resumed production at the LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest after a ruptured firewater line led to a temporary shutdown last week.
The plant receives gas from the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, and based on the measures implemented, a resumption of full production should be no problem, the company says.
01/23/2012
