Transocean ready to drill 11 wells on StatoilHydro Tyrihans project
2008.04.16 -
Projects
This is an important milestone which marks the start-up of an extensive drilling programme in the Norwegian Sea.
"We look forward to starting the drilling and completion activities after several years of planning," says Rune Skotvold, head of drilling operations for Tyrihans.
The planning work for the StatoilHydro-operated Tyrihans field started back in 1986.
The field is one of the largest development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf in the next few years.
The Tyrihans development involves extensive use of multilateral wells and smart wells with downhole regulation and control equipment.
Pumps for seawater injection will be installed directly on the seabed for enhanced recovery.
Eleven wells will be drilled and completed by the "Transocean Arctic". Seven of the wells are multilateral, i.e. that they have several trajectories in the reservoir for maximised oil recovery.
Eight production wells, two gas injectors and one seawater injector will be drilled. In addition, a gas production well is planned to be drilled in 2015.
Most of the wells will be equipped with downhole temperature and pressure gauges.
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.
