Varg Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Talisman
- Country: Norway
- Location: central part of the North Sea
- Production start:
- Partners: Talisman (65%) Petoro (30%) and Det norske (5%)
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Original - 15.1 million Sm³ oil
- Remaining as of 31.12.2011 - 0.7 million Sm³ oil
- Production Volume:
Description
- Varg is an oil field to the south of Sleipner Øst in the central part of the North Sea. The water depth in the area is 84 metres.
- The field has been developed with the production vessel, Petrojarl Varg FPSO, A Ship-Shaped, Turret Moored, Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) connected to the wellhead facility Varg A.
- The decommissioning plan for the field was approved in 2001. The plan then was to produce until summer 2002, but measures implemented on the field have prolonged its lifetime.
Contractors
- Teekay: Supply of FPSO
- Kvaerner: Monotower and Piles & Wellhead Platform Topside
- Subsea 7: engineering, procurement, installation and construction of a 6km flowline and flexible riser system as well as the installation of associated subsea structures, protection systems, and tie-ins of a gas export pipeline
- Saipem: Wellhead platform T&I
History
- 1984 - Varg Oil And Gas Field discovered
- 1998 - First oil production
- 2002 - PGS becomes operator of the Varg field
- 2003 - PGS Confirms Western Extension of Varg Field
- 2005 - Talisman acquire Varg and other assets from Pertra
- 2012 - Subsea 7 awarded the Varg Gas Export Contract for the development of a gas export pipeline
Geology
- The reservoir is in Upper Jurassic sandstones at a depth of approximately 2 700 metres. The structure is segmented and includes several isolated compartments with varying reservoir properties.
Links
- Varg, NPD
- Petrojarl Varg
- Saipem Europe Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project R
- Kvaerner Platform References
- Kvaerner Topsides References
- PGS becomes operator of the Varg field on the Norwegian Shelf
- PGS Confirms Extension of Varg Field
- PGS Expands Drilling Activity on the Varg Field
- Talisman Energy Acquires Norwegian Assets for US$155 MM
- Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contract offshore Norway
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