Offshore staff
TRONDHEIM, Norway – The Repsol Norge-operated Yme project in the Norwegian North Sea is progressing toward start-up later this year, according to partner OKEA’s latest results statement.
Maersk Inspirer, the jackup production platform, has been connected to the wellhead module, and the subsea storage tank and subsea flowlines are fully tested and ready for operation.
Following pulling of plugs, the production wells too are ready for start-up. Most of the remaining tasks concern finalizing hook-up and commissioning of the Maersk Inspirer and the wellhead platform.
At the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea, OKEA (as operator) has re-started production from the D2 subsea well, which had been shut-in since 2019 due to well integrity issues.
A recent successful well intervention campaign involved a change of x-mas tree in the A6 well and a gas lift valve in A1 well. Both wells are now back online, with a further x-mas tree change-out planned shortly on the A4 well.
On behalf of the Draugen licensees, the company is investigating importing power from shore to the production platform, under common infrastructure shared with the Njord licenses, and possibly extended to other nearby fields.
Concept selection is planned for this summer, based on a 130-km (81-mi) subsea cable that could be ready for operation in 2025 and potentially trimming Draugen’s annual CO2 emissions by around 200,000 metric tons.
At the Neptune Energy-operated Gjøa complex in the North Sea, a 31-day maintenance program was conducted in April and May, the most extensive so far in Gjøa’s history, mainly related to the Duva and Nova subsea tie-ins.
OKEA has taken on an additional 25% interest from Wintershall Dea in production licenses PL195 and PL195 B and is considering an appraisal well for 2022 on the Aurora discovery, also testing another prospect in the license.
FID on Aurora could follow in 2023, with production starting in 2025.
Finally, the Equinor-operated Ginny exploration well in PL1060 should start drilling in 4Q.
07/14/2021
