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Improved recovery from Gudrun
Equinor (operator; 36%), together with its partners Neptune (25%), OMV (24%) and Repsol (15%), has decided to invest NKr2.4bn ($0.28bn) in a water injection plant on the Gudrun field to improve reservoir recovery and extend the field life by three years, to 2032, compared to the original plan.
The water injection project will produce water from the Utsira formation and reinject it into the reservoir for pressure support and increased production. In addition, a new production well will be drilled at Gudrun, where production is currently declining from its seven existing wells. The field originally came onstream in 2014. It is planned to start up the water injection plant during 2021.
Gudrun is being developed with a traditional steel platform resting on the seabed. The platform has capacity for partial treatment of oil and gas, before the hydrocarbons are sent via pipeline to Sleipner. The high pressure, high temperature field holds about 184mn boe.
Photo: Equinor/Helga Hovland
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Countries: Norway -
Subjects: Oil and gas, Exploration and production
