BG Group began production at the Knarr field in the North Sea, seven years after its discovery. In this video, BG Group takes you to the process to get to this month, where its first floating vessel development is expected to deliver vital resources to the European energy market.
Knarr has about 80 MMboe gross recoverable resources and is being produced from two subsea templates: one for production and the second for injection, to the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO.
BG Group is using what is considered to be one the world’s largest harsh environment FPSOs, the Knarr FPSO. The vessel has a production capacity of 63,000 boe/d and a storage capacity of 800,000 bbl. The Knarr, which was merged with the Knarr West field in 2011, is expected by operator BG to have a production life of at least 10 years.
BG Group is the operator of the field with a 45% working interest. Partners include Idemitsu Petroleum Norge (25%), Wintershall Norge (20%) and DEA Norge (10%).
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