Visund Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Statoil
- Country: Norway
- Location: block 34/8
- Production start: 1999
- Partners: Petoro, Conoco, Total
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Visund field is located in block 34/8, about 22 km north of the Gullfaks field on the Norwegian continental shelf.
- Production is from the Visund Floating Production Unit (FPU)
- The field initially produced only oil but the platform was altered, a gas pipeline was installed and gas production started in 2005
- The northern part of the Visund field is developed with a subsea template, about 10 kilometres north of Visund A
- The water depth at the work sites ranges from 190m to 335m.
- The oil is sent by pipeline to Gullfaks A for storage and export via tankers.
- Gas is exported through the Kvitebjørn gas pipeline and on to Kollsnes Gas Processing Plant, where the NGL is separated and the dry gas is further exported to the market.
Contractors
- ABB:
- Construction of Visund Platform
- Design, construction and installation of two large modules - one containing equipment to increase gas injection rate and raise oil production, the other to allow gas exports
- Saipem: Pipelines - EPIC
- Subsea 7: detail design, fabrication and installation of riser base, protection structure, Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM) and tie-in spool of the Visund Gas Export System
- Emtunga: Mud laboratory
- Emerson: Design, configure, and install the new safety and automation systems
History
- 1996 - PDO awarded for the project
- 1998 - Platform installed on the field
- 1999 - Oil production launched
- 2002 - ABB awarded modules contract
- 2005 - First gas produced
- 2013 - Emerson awarded Contract to Upgrade Automation
Geology
- The Visund field contains oil and gas in several tilted fault blocks with varying pressure and liquid systems.
- The reservoirs are in Middle Jurassic sandstones in the Brent Group and Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic sandstones in the Statfjord and Lunde Formations.
- The reservoirs lie at a depth of 2 900 - 3 000 metres.
Links
- Jotun FPSO References
- Saipem Europe Pipeline References
- Emtunga Europe Offshore Platform References
- Subsea 7 Announce the Visund Award from Statoil
- ABB wins US$ 80 million order for North Sea oil platform
- First gas from Visund
- Emerson Wins $33 Million Contract to Upgrade Automation on Statoil Platform in Norwegian North Sea
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