StatoilHydro complete 10 km horizontal well Gulltopp
2008.04.14 -
Technology
Tuesday 8 April was a red-letter day on the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea. The most complicated well in StatoilHydro's history was successfully completed and hydrocarbons were flowing up through the well at 9910 metres. This is thus the longest producing well in the world drilled from an offshore platform.
"This is a day of rejoicing both for Gullfaks and StatoilHydro. We were aware of the risk that Gulltopp drilling from the platform might fail. This makes it extra great that we today have successfully completed the company's most demanding drilling operation," says Arne Sigve Nylund, the head of Operations West in StatoilHydro.
The experience gained by StatoilHydro is very valuable to the further development of both remote prospects at Gullfaks and on other fields in the company's portfolio.
"The increased range that we now envisage for platform drilling opens up new perspectives for effective exploitation of existing infrastructure, and thus increased producing life," Nylund says.
Gulltopp will, together with other prospects in the area, secure continued Gullfaks operations towards 2030.
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