First production has started from the BG Group-operated Knarr field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Knarr, discovered in 2008, with estimated gross recoverable reserves around 80 MMboe, is being produced from two subsea templates, one for production and the second for injection, to the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, leased from Teekay Corporation and moored about 120km off the Norwegian coast.
Image: The Knarr FPSO at sailaway. Image from Teekay.
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.
Addition exploration drilling in the license area is ongoing, to extend the production life further, however, recent most drilling has not been successful.
Last month, UK-based BG Group completed drilling two wells nearby Knarr. Both were classified as dry by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
The 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A wells were drilled on production license 373 S, about 5km east of Knarr field. Wildcat well 34/3-4 S, on the Jordbær Sørøst prospect, was investigating a large channel system in reservoir rocks in the Pleistocene. Well 34/3-4 A was targeting petroleum in lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Cook formation).
For BG’s partner on Knarr, Germany-based DEA Norge, the field’s start-up will contribute significant production volumes, as well as being the company’s first use of FPSO technology.
“The production from Knarr will soon amount to more than 20% of DEA Norge’s total oil production,” says Hugo Sandal, Managing Director of DEA Norge.
“Combined with our other interests in producing assets in Norway, like Snorre, Snøhvit and Gjøa, Knarr will provide an important contribution to reach our growth targets,” Dirk Warzecha, Chief Operating Officer of DEA added.
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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