挪威石油和天然气公司Equinor周一表示，已从挪威海的Bauge海底油田开始生产。
Bauge与最近升级的Njord平台绑定在一起。Bauge的可采储量估计为5000万桶石油当量，主要是石油。
Bauge由海底模板中的两个石油生产商组成，此外还有将油井连接到Njord a平台的管道和脐带缆。Bauge许可证持有者为Equinor(运营商)、Wintershall Dea、Vår Energi和Neptune Energy。
“海底设施的建造和安装没有发生任何HSE事件。我对此感到非常自豪，我要感谢我们的供应商，特别是主要供应商Randaberg Industries、Ocean Installer和OneSubsea。这表明零危害愿景是可能的。该项目的资本支出总额为46亿挪威克朗(2023年)，”Equinor负责项目开发的高级副总裁Trond Bokn表示。
Bauge项目的挪威含量远远超过90%。Equinor表示，Transocean和斯伦贝谢公司的油井交付速度快于计划。
Equinor表示，该项目与Njord A(Aker Solutions)和Njord Bravo FSO(Aibel)的大规模升级同时进行。
“Njord升级使我们能够将Bauge等新的、有价值的发现联系起来。通过利用现有的基础设施，我们可以根据公司的战略实现小规模发现的盈利开发。我们正在计划在该地区进行进一步的勘探活动，”勘探与生产北部高级副总裁Grete B.Haaland说。
Njord油田于1997年投产。2016年，这些装置被带上岸进行大规模升级，2022年12月，该油田再次投入使用。
该油田现在将再生产20年，其目标是从Njord和Hyme生产与迄今为止油田产量大致相同的石油，约2.5亿桶石油当量。
Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor said Monday that production had started from the Bauge subsea field in the Norwegian Sea.
Bauge is tied back to the recently upgraded Njord platform. Recoverable reserves in Bauge are estimated at 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, mainly oil.
Bauge consists of two oil producers in a subsea template, in addition to pipelines and an umbilical connecting the wells to the Njord A platform. The Bauge licensees are Equinor (operator), Wintershall Dea, Vår Energi and Neptune Energy.
“The subsea facility was built and installed without a single HSE incident. I am very proud of this, and I would like to thank our suppliers, particularly the main suppliers Randaberg Industries, Ocean Installer and OneSubsea. This shows that the zero-harm vision is possible. Capital expenditures totalling NOK 4.6 billion (2023) the project was delivered within budget," says Trond Bokn, Equinor's senior vice president for project development.
The Norwegian content of the Bauge project is well over 90 percent. The wells were delivered faster than planned by Transocean and Schlumberger, Equinor said.
The project has been run in parallel with the extensive upgrading of Njord A (Aker Solutions) and the Njord Bravo FSO (Aibel), Equinor said.
“The Njord upgrading enables us to tie in new, valuable discoveries such as Bauge. By utilising existing infrastructure, we can realise profitable development of small-size discoveries in line with the company's strategy. We are planning further exploration activity in the area," says Grete B. Haaland, senior vice president for Exploration & Production North.
The Njord field came on stream in 1997. In 2016, the installations were brought ashore for extensive upgrading and in December 2022 the field came on stream again.
The field will now produce for another 20 years, and the ambition is to produce about the same volume from Njord and Hyme as the fields have produced so far, some 250 million barrels of oil equivalent.
