Offshore staff
LYSAKER, Norway – Aker BP has issued updates on developments at its production centers in the Norwegian North Sea in its latest trading review.
In the Alvheim area, two wells have been completed for the four-well Kobra East & Gekko (KEG) campaign and a third is underway. The company had planned to start production from KEG early in 2024, but progress to date means this could be brought forward to 2023.
The Tyrving plan for development and operations (PDO) attained ministerial approval on June 8. Fabrication is progressing at various locations and the offshore pipelay campaign has started; drilling of the three Tyrving wells should begin in first-quarter 2024 followed by a production start in 2025.
Two of the three wells for this year’s Edvard Grieg IOR campaign are onstream, and the third will follow later this summer.
The nearby Hanz project is progressing to plan, with pipelines laid to the Ivar Aasen complex and production drilling due to start shortly. Aker BP expects first oil in first-quarter 2024.
A project has begun to determine an optimum late-life strategy for Ula in the southern Norwegian North Sea to keep operations safe and profitable until cessation of production in 2028. In parallel, a field decommissioning study continues to prepare a program for well plugging and platform removal.
At Valhall, the Noble Integrator jackup continues to support stimulation and interventions aimed at bringing more wells to their full production potential.
During the second quarter, the rig started the Phase 1 of a campaign to permanently plug and abandon eight wells at the old Hod A platform to the south of the Valhall field center, and Phase 2 of this campaign should begin later this year, using the Noble Invincible.
07.13.2023
