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EPIC

EPIC

Skarv –

BP harsh-water FPSO condensate and about 48 billion cu ering the vessel’s topsides (18,000

The Skarv FPSO is BP’s frst m (1.5Tcf) of rich gas, according to tons), hull (based on Aker’s Tentech

Norwegian greenfeld project

BP. A NOK 30 billion PDO (plan 975 design and weighing 49,000 since 2001.

Elaine Maslin for development and operation) tons) and living quarters. South was submitted in 2007 to jointly Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries explains the details.

develop both felds, estimated to carried out the fabrication and contain about 100MMbbl of oil and installation of the hull and topsides.

Sitting just 50km from the Arctic condensate and about 48 billion cu The turret and mooring system was

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Circle in 350-450m of harsh waters, m (1.5Tcf) of rich gas. designed by SBM Offshore and the Skarv FPSO is a milestone for Aker Solutions carried out front- built at the Keppel Shipyard in

BP. It is the frm’s frst greenfeld end engineering design and detail Singapore.

project in its Norwegian unit since engineering and procurement, cov- The turret, weighing 7500 tons the Tambar feld came onstream in 2001 and is thought to be one of the most northerly of the group’s global developments.

According to BP, it is the world’s largest harsh-water foating produc- tion, storage and offoading vessel, at 295m long, 51m wide and weigh- ing in at 74,000 tons. It has a storage capacity of 875,000 barrels, oil pro- duction capacity of 85,000 b/d and gas production capacity of 19MM cu m/d (670MMscf/d). It came onstream on December 31, with the frst export of gas on January 6 and fve wells producing by the end of

February.

During the year, a total of 17 wells will be active, seven as oil produc- ers and four as gas injection, with the frst oil offtake by shuttle tanker expected during March. Production is expected to ramp up to about 125,000 boe/d per month within the frst six months, reaching an expected maximum daily rate of about 165,000 boe/d by year end.

It has been a long time coming.

The Skarv oil and gas feld was discovered in 1998 followed by the nearby Idun feld a year later.

Together they are estimated to contain about 100MMbbl of oil and

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