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Johan Sverdrup (Image © Statoil) |
The field should start production in late 2019 and remain in service for 50 years, eventually delivering 550,000-650,000 boe/d at peak. Johan Sverdrup extends over licenses PL501, PL502, and PL265, 140 km (87 mi) west of Stavanger. It will be developed in several phases because of its size and lateral extension over a 200-sq km (77-mi) area, said partner Lundin Petroleum.
Design capacity for the first phase will be 315,000 boe/d. However,
Statoil anticipates production of up to 380,000 boe/d during the early
period. Pre-drilling of wells should lead to a rapid production ramp-up.
The partners are aiming for a 70% recovery rate from the field.
At the same time, work continues on ways to lower the first-phase costs. Forty to 50 production and injection wells will be drilled to support Phase 1 production, Lundin added, of which 11-17 wells will be drilled prior to first oil using a semisubmersible rig.
Under Phase 1, about 80 MW of power will be supplied to the field center
from a shore-based transformer at Kårstø delivering direct current to a
converter on the riser platform. Oil and gas from Johan Sverdrup will be sent to Norway’s west coast through dedicated pipelines. Oil will be transported through a new 274-km (170-mi), 36-in. line to the Mongstad terminal in Hordaland county and the gas through a 165-km (102-mi), 18-in. line linked to the Statpipe subsea trunkline system to Kårstø in Rogaland County for processing and onward transport. Costs could total NOK 11 billion ($.8 billion). The partners have not yet addressed the scope and costs of further development phases, Lundin said.
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