挪威石油和天然氣公司Equinor周一表示，已從挪威海的Bauge海底油田開始生產。

Bauge與最近升級的Njord平臺綁定在一起。Bauge的可采儲量估計為5000萬桶石油當量，主要是石油。

Bauge由海底模板中的兩個石油生產商組成，此外還有將油井連接到Njord a平臺的管道和臍帶纜。Bauge許可證持有者為Equinor(運營商)、Wintershall Dea、Vår Energi和Neptune Energy。

“海底設施的建造和安裝沒有發(fā)生任何HSE事件。我對此感到非常自豪，我要感謝我們的供應商，特別是主要供應商Randaberg Industries、Ocean Installer和OneSubsea。這表明零危害愿景是可能的。該項目的資本支出總額為46億挪威克朗(2023年)，”Equinor負責項目開發(fā)的高級副總裁Trond Bokn表示。

Bauge項目的挪威含量遠遠超過90%。Equinor表示，Transocean和斯倫貝謝公司的油井交付速度快于計劃。

Equinor表示，該項目與Njord A(Aker Solutions)和Njord Bravo FSO(Aibel)的大規(guī)模升級同時進行。

“Njord升級使我們能夠將Bauge等新的、有價值的發(fā)現聯系起來。通過利用現有的基礎設施，我們可以根據公司的戰(zhàn)略實現小規(guī)模發(fā)現的盈利開發(fā)。我們正在計劃在該地區(qū)進行進一步的勘探活動，”勘探與生產北部高級副總裁Grete B.Haaland說。

Njord油田于1997年投產。2016年，這些裝置被帶上岸進行大規(guī)模升級，2022年12月，該油田再次投入使用。

該油田現在將再生產20年，其目標是從Njord和Hyme生產與迄今為止油田產量大致相同的石油，約2.5億桶石油當量。

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor said Monday that production had started from the Bauge subsea field in the Norwegian Sea.

Bauge is tied back to the recently upgraded Njord platform. Recoverable reserves in Bauge are estimated at 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, mainly oil.

Bauge consists of two oil producers in a subsea template, in addition to pipelines and an umbilical connecting the wells to the Njord A platform. The Bauge licensees are Equinor (operator), Wintershall Dea, Vår Energi and Neptune Energy.

“The subsea facility was built and installed without a single HSE incident. I am very proud of this, and I would like to thank our suppliers, particularly the main suppliers Randaberg Industries, Ocean Installer and OneSubsea. This shows that the zero-harm vision is possible. Capital expenditures totalling NOK 4.6 billion (2023) the project was delivered within budget," says Trond Bokn, Equinor's senior vice president for project development.

The Norwegian content of the Bauge project is well over 90 percent. The wells were delivered faster than planned by Transocean and Schlumberger, Equinor said.

The project has been run in parallel with the extensive upgrading of Njord A (Aker Solutions) and the Njord Bravo FSO (Aibel), Equinor said.

“The Njord upgrading enables us to tie in new, valuable discoveries such as Bauge. By utilising existing infrastructure, we can realise profitable development of small-size discoveries in line with the company's strategy. We are planning further exploration activity in the area," says Grete B. Haaland, senior vice president for Exploration & Production North.

The Njord field came on stream in 1997. In 2016, the installations were brought ashore for extensive upgrading and in December 2022 the field came on stream again.

The field will now produce for another 20 years, and the ambition is to produce about the same volume from Njord and Hyme as the fields have produced so far, some 250 million barrels of oil equivalent.