The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Equinor consent to use the mobile drilling facility Transocean Spitsbergen for production drilling of well 34/7-E-4 BH Lomre.
Operator: Equinor
Production licens: 089
Field: Snorre og Vigdis
Facility: Transocean Spitsbergen
Other info: The consent includes the drilling and completion of well 34/7-E-4 BH on the Vigdis field. The activities include well intervention for the preparation of side steps, as well as drilling and completion of a new well path. The main objective of the operations is to establish an injection well that provides pressure support to production well 34/7-H-1 AH, and thus maintain the production level, as well as increasing the recovery rate for the field.
Snorre
Snorre is a field in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea. The water depth in the area is 300-350 metres. Snorre was discovered in 1979, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1988. The field is developed with the facilities Snorre A, located in the southern part of the field, Snorre UPA, located centrally on the field and Snorre B located in the northern part of the field. Snorre A is a floating tension-leg platform for accommodation, drilling and processing. Snorre UPA is a subsea production facility tied-back to Snorre A. Snorre B is a semi-submersible integrated drilling, processing and accommodation facility. Production from Snorre started in 1992.
PDO for the Snorre Expansion Project was approved in 2018. This subsea development will be tied-back to Snorre A and consists of six subsea templates, each with four wells.
Vigdis
Vigdis is a field located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea, between the Snorre, Statfjord and Gullfaks fields. The water depth in the area is 280 metres. Vigdis was discovered in 1986, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1994. The field has been developed with seven subsea templates and two satellite wells connected to the Snorre A facility. Production started in 1997.