Shell place new subsea well in Gran West at Draugen Field on production
2008.10.01 -
Projects
Shell said today that the D3 well, one of two new subsea wells, is now production on the Draugen Field in the North Sea. The new well in the Garn West formation was placed on production last weekend.
- This was a very demanding operation, but good work from all involved has ensured a successful start of production, said Sigbjørn Birkeland, subsea controls engineer.
Earlier this summer the new E3 subsea well in the Southern part of Draugen, called Rogn South, was also placed on production. All together 14 production wells are drilled on the Draugen field, 6 platform wells and 8 subsea wells, 12 of these are currently producing.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil.
Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. StatoilHydro has a 50% working interest in the Q field.
The Piranema field, 25 km off the coast of Sergipe, started producing oil this Wednesday (10/10), in deep Northeastern Brazil waters. With operations going online in this field, Petrobras is taking another step towards maintaining Brazil’s oil self-sufficiency. The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
The first tanker with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Snøhvit field left port at Melkøya near Hammerfest, northern Norway
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, has started production from the Marimba North project, designed to develop 80 million barrels of oil in approximately 3,900 feet (1,300 meters) of water more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) off the coast of Angola.
