Statistics Norway

Oil and gas, production and reserves

6   Fields in production. 1 January 2005
  Visund Åsgard4 Balder5 Jotun6 Sygna Tambar
On stream 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2001
Year of discovery 1986 1981 1967 1994/1995 1996 1983
Operator Statoil ASA Statoil ASA EssoMobil Expl. & Prod. Norway AS EssoMobil Expl. & Prod. Norway AS Statoil ASA BP Norge AS
             
Production facilities Semi-sub installation for oil phase. Productionship for oil phase. Semi-submersible platform for gas phase. Production ship, subsea installation on Ringhorne. Production ship and wellhead platform. Subsea connection to Statfjord C. Unmanned wellhead platform attached to Ula.
             
Transport solution Oil in pipeline to Gullfaks A for storage and loading to tankers. Gaspipeline to Kolsnes(not finished). Gas in pipeline to Kårstø and therafter to continental Europe. Oil loaded to tankers. Loading to tankers. In future the gas will be piped between Jotun, Balder, Ringhorne and Statpipe Oil loaded to tankers. Gas via Statpipe. Transport via Statfjord C. Oil via Ula and Ekofisk to Teeside. The Gas is injected on Ula.
Water depth, metres  335 240-300  125  126 - 68
             
Initially recoverable reserves1            
Oil. Million Sm³ 27.6 73.6 58.9 25.4 10.9 6.7
NGL. Million tonnes 6.7 38.3 - - - 0.2
Gas. Billion Sm³ 52.2  195.3 1.6 0.7 - 1.8
Condensate. Million Sm3. - 46.2 - -    
             
Remaining reserves1            
Oil. Million Sm³ 15.8 32.7 36.5 6.0 3.2 2.1
NGL. Million tonnes 6.7 33.0 - - - -
Gas. Billion Sm³ 52.2  163.4 1.4 0.1   1.8
Condensate. Million Sm3. - 34.7 - - 1.0 ..
             
Petoro. Per cent 30.0 35.5 - 3.0 30.0 -
             
Investments. Bill. NOK2, 3 20.1 59.1 25.2 10.7 2.3 1.7
1  As of 31 December 2003. Included in Initially recoverable reserves is reserves in resource classes 0, 1, 2 and 3. Included in remaining reserves is reserves in resource classes 1, 2 and 3.
2  As of 31 December 2004 in 2005-NOK.
3  Includes expected future investments.
4  Includes Midtgard, Smørbukk and Smørbukk Sør.
5  Includes Ringhorne.
6  Consists of Elli, Elli South and Tau West.
Source: Royal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
More information:  http://www.npd.no  and  http://www.odin.dep.no/oed/engelsk/ .

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