Increasing capacity on Johan Sverdrup

Equinor is planning to increase the Johan Sverdrup field’s daily production capacity to around 500,000 b/d of oil by the end of the year – around 60,000 barrels more than the original basis when the field came onstream.

Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development is on schedule, and production start is scheduled for 4Q2022. The increase means that the Johan Sverdrup full-field plateau production capacity is expected to rise from 690,000 b/d to around 720,000 b/d. Water injection is being used to secure high recovery of reserves and maintain production at a high level. The field is powered from shore with very low CO₂ emissions per barrel. Emissions during the field life are estimated at less than 0.7kg of CO₂ per produced barrel.

According to Rune Nedregaard, Vice President for Johan Sverdrup operations, the company is now working on solutions to increase the water injection capacity which should allow a further increase in daily production capacity by mid-2021.

Project partners are Equinor (operator, 42.6%), Lundin Energy (20%), Petoro (17.36%), Aker BP (11.5733%) and Total (8.44%).

Photo: Equinor/Ole Jørgen Bratland