Equinor and its license partners have committed to invest Nkr3bn ($345m) to improve recovery by 23 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) at the Statfjord 脴st field in the North Sea.
The Statfjord 脴st field is connected via pipelines to the聽Statfjord C platform, five kilometres to the north-east.
Under the new programme, four new wells will be drilled from existing subsea templates.
This will also require modifications on Statfjord C platform, and a new pipeline for gas lift.
Ultimately, Equinor plans to extend the lives of the platform and Statfjord 脴st towards 2040.
Equinor Field Life eXtension (FLX) vice-president Kjetil Hove said: 鈥淭he decision to improve recovery on Statfjord 脴st will add considerable value to society and owners and will create positive effects for suppliers.
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The current recovery factor of 56% should increase to 62% as a result of this project.
Installation of a pipeline for gas lift and drilling of new wells is expected during 2022-24.
Equinor owns 31.68 in in Statfjord 脴st unit. Other partners include Petoro (30%), V氓r Energi (20.5%), Spirit Energy (11.56%), Idemitsu Petroleum (4.8%), and Wintershall Dea (1.4%).
Hove added: 鈥淲e will be a leading late life operator on the NCS. In order to achieve this, we must work in new ways to reduce costs, thereby offering new opportunities for investments in late life fields ensuring profitable reservoir management.鈥�
