Ivar Aasen Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Det Norske
- Country: Norway
- Location: northern part of the North Sea
- Production start: Expected 2016
- Partners: Statoil and Bayerngas
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 150 million barrels of oil equivalents
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field was previously know as Draupne
- The Ivar Aasen project is situated west of the Johan Sverdrup-field in the North Sea, containing approximately 150 million barrels of oil equivalents. First oil is expected in the fourth quarter of 2016
- The development of the field will be coordinated with the development of the Edvard Grieg Oil And Gas Field
- The Ivar Aasen development comprises production of the resources in three discoveries; Ivar Aasen, Hanz and West Cable.
- The fields are being developed with a manned platform located above the Ivar Aasen discovery and a subsea installation on Hanz tied to the Ivar Aasen platform by means of a flowline and umbilical system. From start of production the Ivar Aasen-platform is electrified
Contractors
- SMOE: Provision of engineering, procurement and construction services for the platform topside
- Wood Group Mustang: Topsides detailed engineering and design
- Apply: Living quarters for the Ivar Aasen platform
- Claxton: Procurement of high and low-pressure surface drilling risers
- KWSubsea Subsea References: Conceptual study to establish feasible design solutions
History
- 2012 - Det Norske submitted the PDO to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy
- 2013 - SMOE awarded topside contract
- 2013 - Project approval awarded
Geology
Links
- Ivar Aasen, Det Norske
- KWSubsea Subsea References
- Environmental impact assessment, Ivar Aasen
- Det norske to develop Ivar Aasen
- SMOE to build platform on Ivar Aasen
- Wood Group Mustang awarded detailed engineering for Ivar Aasen Platform, Offshore Norway
- All set to develop Ivar Aasen and Gina Krog
- Leirvik to build living quarters on Ivar Aasen
- Claxton wins biggest-ever drilling riser contract offshore Norway
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