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REGIONAL REPORT Northwest Europe in the Norwegian Sea and two in the Barents. At 650 million boe, Castberg is the largest oil? eld project in

The ? eld stakes of operator ExxonMobil — now for sale — the Barents Sea and looks likely to be con? ned to an offshore look set to give impetus to one of Norway’s larger operators. ? oating production, storage and of? oading unit (FPSO) deliv-

Buyup candidate Aker BP recently announced a large new dis- ering oil by shuttle tanker. It’s scheduled for ? rst oil by year- covery at the Noaka ? eld, where up to 200 million barrels of end 2022. The Castberg FPSO will weathervane as it produces oil equivalent (MMboe) are said to be in-place. from 30 wells in 10 subsea templates that’ll also tap two satel-

The real story in Norway lies in the 1 billion boe that lie in lites. SBM Offshore will build Castberg’s production turret, 15 named projects at various stages of development — and in and Dubai Drydocks will build the mooring system that’ll an- about 30 discoveries over the past three years. Moreover, val- chor in 370 meters of water, while also tackling construction- ue in Norway, as in the UK, also revolves around new money related procurement.

creating opportunity out of older infrastructure.

Redevelopment

The two Johans In March, 2019, Norway of? cially gave the nod to close the

Dominating the Norwegian offshore scene is the Johan Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea (as infrastructure). It

Sverdrup ? eld in the North Sea, with its planned 660,000 bar- had, a month earlier, okayed the Norne FPSO’s life-extension, rels per day (bpd) of oil. A quarter of Svedrup’s size is Johan by default extending the Norne, Urd and Skuld ? elds in the

Castberg in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Sea.

The NOK 42 billion ($4.7 billion) Sverdrup Phase II (ap- In June, a plan to lift 17 MMboe more from the Gullfaks proved in May 2019) is still yielding contracts, steel-cutting ? eld was given the royal nod, four years after its Phase 1 was is ahead of schedule at contractor Aibel’s fabrication yard in approved. One of Norway’s largest oil and gas ? elds, its three western Norway. Phase II means ? ve new subsea templates for platforms were scheduled to be closed. A NOK 2.2 billion 18 production and water injection wells, although a 200-mega- ($247 million) plan will keep the Gullfaks area producing to watt power hub linked to shore is planned at Sverdrup for an 2030 from beneath its Shetland chalk cap. area of ? elds that includes Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen and Gina July saw ConocoPhillips submit a plan to redevelop the

Krog. Phase 2 is also a new process platform and bridge con- southern North Sea Tor II ? eld northeast of Eko? sk, aiming nections to Phase 1’s riser platform. at an extra 60 MMboe for NOK 6 billion ($673 million). Two

Tieback: Lundin Norway’s

Solveig concept

Source: Lundin Petroleum

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