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Ormen Lange compression dropped

Shell and its partners on the maturity and complexity of

Ormen Lange license have the concepts and the pro- postponed plans for what duction volume uncertainty, could have been one of the makes the project no longer frst subsea compression economically feasible.” projects. The decision to halt con-

Ormen Lange, Norway’s cept select was supported by second largest feld and pro- all the Ormen Lange partners, ducing via subsea wells except state oil frm Petoro, since October 2007, in the said Shell.

Norwegian Sea, about 140km Ormen Lange was dis- west of Kristiansund, was covered in 1997, in blocks being assessed for subsea 6305/4, 5, 7 and 8, in 800- compression. 1100m water depths. The

Norway’s Aker Solutions feld was developed with carried out a pilot project four subsea templates with a 2004-2011, and system test- total 24 wells, tied back ing 2011-2013, based on one, to an onshore facility in

Ormen Lange Field. Photo from Statoil ASA.

12.5MW compression station, Nyhamna. The feld has at a 120km step-out distance. “The decision [to stop con- and expected production vol- an estimated life span of 30-40

Shell was also considering cept select] is based on an umes. The updated reservoir years, with gas produced using tension leg platform to updated economic assessment analysis also shows that off- mostly sold to the UK. house topsides compression Incorporating new cost infor- shore compression timing is The Ormen Lange facilities. mation for the current con- not critical to the ultimate Partnership comprises: Shell

Early April, Shell said it cepts and updated analysis recovery of the feld.” (operator 17.81%), Petoro was halting ongoing concept of the reservoir. The current “The oil and gas indus- (36.49%), Statoil (25.35%), select work. Ormen Lange concepts do not provide an try has a cost challenge,” DONG Energy (14.2%), management committee chair- economic return, based on the Estensen said added. “This, ExxonMobil (6.34%).

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