Development of the AErfugl gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea is planned in two phases. The authorities have given start-up consent to the operator Aker BP to start production from Phase 1.
Production is also taking place from an earlier test production well in Phase 1 and an accelerated well in Phase 2, which was drilled from an available well slot on one of Skarv’s subsea templates.
All production on AErfugl will be tied in to Skarv, situated 210 kilometres west of Sandnessjoen in Nordland county. Aker BP and the other licensees plan to complete the AErfugl development with the remaining two wells in Phase two.
AErfugl was proven in 2000. The plan for development and operation (PDO) for the development was approved in April 2018. Export of gas from Skarv will be postponed to obtain capacity for the AErfugl gas on Skarv FPSO. This will contribute to improved oil recovery on Skarv.
Niels Erik Hald, the NPD’s assistant director for development and operations, says “it’s positive that production from AErfugl Phase 1 will start as planned.”
