Statoil has started low-pressure production from the Oseberg field center in the Norwegian North Sea, thereby increasing oil production from the field.
Offshore staff
STAVANGER -- Statoil has started low-pressure production from the Oseberg field center in the Norwegian North Sea, thereby increasing oil production from the field. “We have carried out extensive modifications to the process facility and removed a bottleneck for increased oil production," says Torstein Hole, Statoil’s area manager for Operations West. These changes are designed to allow recovery of a further 20 MMbbl from Oseberg.
Total investments in this project were $170 million, and Statoil claims the work was completed $34 million below budget.
Oseberg has produced oil for the past 20 years and gas for the last nine years. Statoil says that in order to maintain oil output at a high level, it was necessary to re-build the process facility to reduce the platform back pressure. This solution could be applied to other mature fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, the company adds.
