Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Statoil has started production from the Fram H-North and Svalin C satellites in the Norwegian North Sea.
These are the eighth and ninth of the company’s“fasttrack” development projects offshore Norway.
Fram H-North, thought to hold around 10 MMboe recoverable, is in the Troll area. It has been developed using a standardized subsea template that can accommodate four wells, and is connected by 5 km (3.1 mi) of pipeline and umbilicals to the existing subsea template on Fram West A2.
Svalin C in the Grane area contains just over 30 MMboe. Development called for a subsea facility with two wells, 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of the Grane platform.
The plan for development and operation (PDO) for Svalin C was submitted in June 2012 and approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in November 2012. The Fram H-North partners took their investment decision in summer 2012. In this case, the project was exempt from having to submit a PDO.
Statoil says drilling and well activities on Fram H-North turned out to be more difficult than expected, while Svalin C encountered issues connected to deliveries of the control system for the subsea template, resulting in a delayed production start.
09/10/2014
