First oil has been produced from the Det norske-operated Bøyla field in production license 340 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea offshore Norway.
Bøyla, a subsea tie-back to the Alvheim floating production facility, is estimated to contain 23 MMboe and is expected to produce at a gross peak rate of approximately 20,000 boe/d once the second production well has been completed, although the plateau rate is expected to be somewhat lower, said partner Lundin.
Drilling operations on the second production well were suspended in late 2014 and the Transocean Winner semisubmersible drilling rig will return to complete the well during the Q2 2015, with startup of this well expected by mid-year 2015.
Det norske has 65% interest in the project with partners Lundin Petroleum (15%) and Core Energy (20%).
Ashley Heppenstall, President & CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments; “With the successful start-up of the Bøyla field, Lundin Petroleum has now successfully brought onstream two of the four development projects which collectively are forecast to bring Lundin Petroleum’s production level to more than 75,000 boe/d by the end of 2015.
The two ongoing development projects, Bertam offshore Malaysia and Edvard Grieg offshore Norway, continue to progress according to plan and are scheduled to achieve first oil in the second and fourth quarters of 2015 respectively.”