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Generated 12.03.2010

Field: ORMEN LANGE

General information

Current activity status: PRODUCING
Discovery wellbore: 6305/5-1
Discovery year: 1997

Description Norwegian

Development

Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the Møre Basin in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. The sea depth in the area varies from 800 - 1 100 metres. The great sea depth has made the development very challenging and has resulted in development of new technology. The field is being developed in several phases with 24 wells from three subsea templates.

Reservoir

The main reservoir consists of sandstones of Paleocene age in the Egga Formation, about 2 700 - 2 900 metres below sea level.

Recovery strategy

The field is recovered by pressure depletion and, at a later stage, gas compression.

Transport

The wellstream, which contains gas and condensate, is transported in two multiphase pipelines to the onshore facility at Nyhamna, where gas is dried and compressed before it is sent in the gas export pipeline, Langeled, via Sleipner R to Great Britain.

Status

The gas production started from three wells in September 2007. A/S Norske Shell took over the operatorship from StatoilHydro 1 November 2007. The field is being produced with six wells, of these, three new wells were completed in 3rd quarter 2008. The onshore facility at Nyhamna can now produce at full capacity. A third subsea template will be installed in 2009.

Activity status history

Activity status From date To date
PDO APPROVED 02.04.2004 12.09.2007
PRODUCING 13.09.2007

Current owner(s)

Business Area: ORMEN LANGE UNIT

The field extends into

Block(s) Production licence(s)
6305/4 209
6305/5 209
6305/7 208
6305/8 250

Current operator(s)

Company
A/S Norske Shell

The NPDs reserve estimates as of 31.12.2009 (Norwegian share)

Recoverable reserves Remaining reserves
Oil
[mill Sm3]		 Gas
[bill Sm3]		 NGL
[mill tonn]		 Cond.
[mill Sm3]		 Oil
[mill Sm3]		 Gas
[bill Sm3]		 NGL
[mill tonn]		 Cond.
[mill Sm3]
0.00 301.70 0.00 18.60 0.00 267.80 0.00 15.80

Net production of saleable products (Norwegian share)

NGL = butane + ethane + isobutane + propane + LPG + gasoline + NGL mix.
Condensate = Condensate.
Sm3o.e. = oil + gas + NGL + condensate.

Charts


Oil
[mill Sm3]		 Gas
[bill Sm3]		 NGL
[mill tonn]		 Cond.
[mill Sm3]		 NGL
[mill Sm3]		 Sm3o.e.
[mill]
Total per jan.2010 0.000000 35.689735 0.000000 2.870913 0.000000 38.560648
2010 0.000000 1.800511 0.000000 0.123103 0.000000 1.923614
jan.2010 0.000000 1.800511 0.000000 0.123103 0.000000 1.923614
2009 0.000000 20.781666 0.000000 1.645793 0.000000 22.427459
dec.2009 0.000000 2.131490 0.000000 0.162297 0.000000 2.293787
nov.2009 0.000000 2.031102 0.000000 0.152899 0.000000 2.184001
oct.2009 0.000000 1.929666 0.000000 0.145284 0.000000 2.074950
sep.2009 0.000000 1.586768 0.000000 0.116344 0.000000 1.703112
aug.2009 0.000000 1.527462 0.000000 0.162664 0.000000 1.690126
jul.2009 0.000000 1.605767 0.000000 0.119655 0.000000 1.725422
jun.2009 0.000000 1.505868 0.000000 0.117392 0.000000 1.623260
may.2009 0.000000 1.741208 0.000000 0.137540 0.000000 1.878748
apr.2009 0.000000 1.670870 0.000000 0.129413 0.000000 1.800283
mar.2009 0.000000 1.690351 0.000000 0.131404 0.000000 1.821755
feb.2009 0.000000 1.627879 0.000000 0.135142 0.000000 1.763021
jan.2009 0.000000 1.733235 0.000000 0.135759 0.000000 1.868994
2008 0.000000 11.437098 0.000000 0.967488 0.000000 12.404586
2007 0.000000 1.670460 0.000000 0.134529 0.000000 1.804989

Gross production (Norwegian share)

Sm3o.e. = oil + gas + condensate.

Charts

Oil
[mill Sm3]		 Gas
[bill Sm3]		 Cond.
[mill Sm3]		 Sm3o.e.
[mill]		 Water
[mill Sm3]
Total per jan.2010 0.000000 35.689936 2.870913 38.560849 0.001525
2010 0.000000 1.802473 0.123103 1.925576 0.000000
jan.2010 0.000000 1.802473 0.123103 1.925576 0.000000
2009 0.000000 20.799638 1.645793 22.445431 0.000000
dec.2009 0.000000 2.133044 0.162297 2.295341 0.000000
nov.2009 0.000000 2.032642 0.152899 2.185541 0.000000
oct.2009 0.000000 1.932665 0.145284 2.077949 0.000000
sep.2009 0.000000 1.588128 0.116344 1.704472 0.000000
aug.2009 0.000000 1.528897 0.162664 1.691561 0.000000
jul.2009 0.000000 1.607060 0.119655 1.726715 0.000000
jun.2009 0.000000 1.507208 0.117392 1.624600 0.000000
may.2009 0.000000 1.742493 0.137540 1.880033 0.000000
apr.2009 0.000000 1.672205 0.129413 1.801618 0.000000
mar.2009 0.000000 1.691767 0.131404 1.823171 0.000000
feb.2009 0.000000 1.628976 0.135142 1.764118 0.000000
jan.2009 0.000000 1.734553 0.135759 1.870312 0.000000
2008 0.000000 11.419663 0.967488 12.387151 0.000000
2007 0.000000 1.668162 0.134529 1.802691 0.001525

Exploration wellbore(s)

Name Entry date Completion date Drill permit WB purpose WB status WB contents
6305/4-1 2002.03.14 2002.06.03 1025-L APPRAISAL P&A GAS
6305/5-1 1997.07.27 1997.10.07 900-L WILDCAT P&A GAS
6305/7-1 1998.07.08 1998.08.30 932-L APPRAISAL P&A GAS
6305/8-1 2000.07.13 2000.09.08 978-L APPRAISAL P&A OIL/GAS
4 wellbore(s)

Development wellbore(s)

Name Entry date Completion date Drill permit WB purpose WB status WB contents
6305/5-B-1 H 2817-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-B-2 H 2007.02.10 2007.02.27 2624-P PRODUCTION PLUGGED
6305/5-B-2 AH 2007.02.28 2008.01.23 2939-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/5-B-3 H 2008.07.17 2008.08.14 2625-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/5-B-4 H 2818-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-B-5 H 2819-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-B-6 H 2008.12.08 2009.03.12 2626-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/5-B-7 H 2008.11.08 2008.12.07 2627-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/5-B-8 H 2820-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-M-2 2006.08.05 2006.08.30 2749-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
6305/7-D-2 H 3194-P PRODUCTION
6305/7-D-3 H 3169-P PRODUCTION
6305/7-D-6 H 3170-P PRODUCTION
6305/7-D-7 H 2009.12.28 2010.01.24 3171-P OBSERVATION SUSPENDED
6305/7-D-7 AH 3172-P PRODUCTION
6305/8-A-1 H 2821-P PRODUCTION
6305/8-A-2 H 2006.02.04 2006.03.11 2610-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
6305/8-A-2 AH 2006.03.12 2006.03.25 2611-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-3 H 2006.03.26 2006.04.19 2621-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-4 H 2009.01.25 2009.02.27 2822-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-5 H 2008.12.24 2009.01.22 2823-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-6 H 2006.04.20 2007.03.23 2622-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-7 H 2006.07.11 2007.05.05 2623-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-8 H 2824-P PRODUCTION
24 wellbore(s)

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