Offshore staff
LYSAKER, Norway — Aker BP has started production from the Hanz Field in the northern Norwegian North Sea, in partnership with Equinor and Sval Energi.
Hanz, discovered in 1997, is a subsea tieback to the Ivar Aasen platform, 15 km to the south, with estimated reserves of about 20 MMboe. The development cost NOK5 billion ($454 million).
The original plan for development and operation for the Ivar Aasen area included the Hanz development. The partners later decided to reuse subsea production systems from the decommissioned Jette Field, a first for a new project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Aker BP said.
In addition, the partners approved a modified strategy for recovering the oil and gas through use of a cross-flow well for water injection. This led to substantially reduced power consumption, and less use of chemicals and equipment on the seabed.
“This development solution will be more cost-efficient and have a smaller environmental footprint than originally planned for,” said Stine Konsgshaug McIntosh, vice president of Projects Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen. “This is in line with Aker BP’s continuous search for improvements, where the goal is to produce with low costs and low emissions.”
Ivar Aasen, discovered in 2008, is on the Utsira High, 175 km west of Karmøy. The platform-based development delivered first oil in late 2016.
The field receives power from shore via the nearby Johan Sverdrup Field complex.
04.22.2024
