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Gudrun on stream
At
07.25 on 7 April, Statoil and its partners (GDF SUEZ and OMV) started
production on the Gudrun oil and gas field in the North Sea.
 Arne Sigve Nylund, executive vice president, Development and
Production Norway: "Gudrun is the first new Statoil-operated platform to
come on stream on the Norwegian continental shelf since 2005. This is a
red-letter day for the company," says Arne Sigve Nylund, Statoil's
executive vice president for the Development and Production Norway
business area.
The new field contributes to important production
from the Norwegian shelf. Statoil expects to recover 184 million barrels
of oil and gas (oil equivalent) from the field.
"Gudrun
illustrates how we can maximise value creation and realise new projects on
the Norwegian shelf by combining new field developments with existing
pipelines and facilities," says Nylund.
Around 16.5 million man
hours have gone into the Gudrun field development, and a significant
number of suppliers from many different countries have contributed to this
effort.
The Gudrun investment decision was made during the
financial crisis. When the plan for development and operation (PDO) was
submitted in 2010, Gudrun was Statoil's only mega-project (investments in
excess of NOK 12 billion). Now Gudrun is the first in a long line of field
developments operated by Statoil:
Margareth Øvrum, head of
Technology, Projects and Drilling: "We have delivered the Gudrun field on
time and below the cost estimate in the PDO. Choosing a global strategy
for Gudrun has contributed to reducing the costs," says Margareth Øvrum,
head of the Technology, Projects and Drilling business area in Statoil.
Worth the wait
Gudrun was discovered in 1975. This is a
high temperature-high pressure field, and the need for new drilling
technology was one of the reasons why these reserves were left in the bank
for such a long time. Now we also have available capacity in existing
facilities and pipelines.
Oil and gas from Gudrun is sent to
Sleipner, where it will be processed before the oil is sent on to Kårstø
and the gas to Europe, all through existing pipelines tied in to Sleipner.
This allows us to benefit from previous investments made on the Norwegian
shelf, Nylund explains:
"The Gudrun concept is a win-win
situation. By using existing infrastructure, the Gudrun development costs
less and Sleipner gains an extra customer. Gudrun's start-up came at the
perfect time."
Modifications have also been carried out on
Sleipner and at Kårstø as part of the Gudrun project.
First in a
row
Gudrun will be operated from Statoil's offices at Vestre
Svanholmen in Sandnes, and is the first new field Statoil operates from
the Stavanger region since Sleipner in 1993.
"It's good to see a
new field joining the old giants - Statfjord, Snorre and Sleipner. Later
on, Gina Krog will also come to Operations South. This field will also be
tied in to Sleipner - yet another win-win situation," says Nylund.
Source: Ørjan Heradstveit
Media contact for Statoil's upstream
activities on the Norwegian continental shelf
www.statoil.com
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