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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 water depth in the areavaries from 800 - 1 100 metres. The deep water has made the development very challenging and has triggered 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 multi-phase 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 field is producing at plateau with 12 wells. A third subsea template was installed in the southern part of the field in 2009 and a forth template in the mid-north of the field is currently being evaluated. Disappointing well results from the northern part of the field have contributed to lower reserve estimates. Future gas compression solutions for the field are being evaluated.

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 31.12.2010 (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]
0.00 300.90 0.00 18.90 0.00 246.10 0.00 14.60

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 nov.2011 0.000000 74.762486 0.000000 5.819297 0.000000 80.581783
2011 0.000000 20.022679 0.000000 1.542075 0.000000 21.564754
nov.2011 0.000000 2.036833 0.000000 0.169536 0.000000 2.206369
oct.2011 0.000000 1.987971 0.000000 0.150748 0.000000 2.138719
sep.2011 0.000000 2.007944 0.000000 0.156211 0.000000 2.164155
aug.2011 0.000000 2.095726 0.000000 0.162601 0.000000 2.258327
jul.2011 0.000000 1.773433 0.000000 0.119256 0.000000 1.892689
jun.2011 0.000000 0.727423 0.000000 0.062212 0.000000 0.789635
may.2011 0.000000 1.881087 0.000000 0.138398 0.000000 2.019485
apr.2011 0.000000 1.809088 0.000000 0.159124 0.000000 1.968212
mar.2011 0.000000 1.949007 0.000000 0.148761 0.000000 2.097768
feb.2011 0.000000 1.756163 0.000000 0.130247 0.000000 1.886410
jan.2011 0.000000 1.998004 0.000000 0.144981 0.000000 2.142985
2010 0.000000 20.850583 0.000000 1.529412 0.000000 22.379995
dec.2010 0.000000 2.065069 0.000000 0.161459 0.000000 2.226528
nov.2010 0.000000 2.057107 0.000000 0.151142 0.000000 2.208249
oct.2010 0.000000 2.080812 0.000000 0.160714 0.000000 2.241526
sep.2010 0.000000 1.484065 0.000000 0.097230 0.000000 1.581295
aug.2010 0.000000 0.945457 0.000000 0.070697 0.000000 1.016154
jul.2010 0.000000 1.050211 0.000000 0.065162 0.000000 1.115373
jun.2010 0.000000 1.770593 0.000000 0.125223 0.000000 1.895816
may.2010 0.000000 1.860188 0.000000 0.136818 0.000000 1.997006
apr.2010 0.000000 1.993824 0.000000 0.150339 0.000000 2.144163
mar.2010 0.000000 1.874864 0.000000 0.128989 0.000000 2.003853
feb.2010 0.000000 1.867882 0.000000 0.158536 0.000000 2.026418
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
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 nov.2011 0.000000 74.800827 5.819297 80.620124 0.001525
2011 0.000000 20.037874 1.542075 21.579949 0.000000
nov.2011 0.000000 2.038249 0.169536 2.207785 0.000000
oct.2011 0.000000 1.989230 0.150748 2.139978 0.000000
sep.2011 0.000000 2.009409 0.156211 2.165620 0.000000
aug.2011 0.000000 2.097239 0.162601 2.259840 0.000000
jul.2011 0.000000 1.774711 0.119256 1.893967 0.000000
jun.2011 0.000000 0.727894 0.062212 0.790106 0.000000
may.2011 0.000000 1.883034 0.138398 2.021432 0.000000
apr.2011 0.000000 1.810522 0.159124 1.969646 0.000000
mar.2011 0.000000 1.950573 0.148761 2.099334 0.000000
feb.2011 0.000000 1.757442 0.130247 1.887689 0.000000
jan.2011 0.000000 1.999571 0.144981 2.144552 0.000000
2010 0.000000 20.875490 1.529412 22.404902 0.000000
dec.2010 0.000000 2.072356 0.161459 2.233815 0.000000
nov.2010 0.000000 2.058529 0.151142 2.209671 0.000000
oct.2010 0.000000 2.082352 0.160714 2.243066 0.000000
sep.2010 0.000000 1.485447 0.097230 1.582677 0.000000
aug.2010 0.000000 0.946844 0.070697 1.017541 0.000000
jul.2010 0.000000 1.051547 0.065162 1.116709 0.000000
jun.2010 0.000000 1.772151 0.125223 1.897374 0.000000
may.2010 0.000000 1.861781 0.136818 1.998599 0.000000
apr.2010 0.000000 1.995706 0.150339 2.146045 0.000000
mar.2010 0.000000 1.876571 0.128989 2.005560 0.000000
feb.2010 0.000000 1.869733 0.158536 2.028269 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
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
6305/4-2 S 2010.11.04 2011.02.07 1322-L APPRAISAL P&A DRY
6305/5-1 1997.07.27 1997.10.07 900-L WILDCAT P&A GAS
6305/5-3 S 2009.08.19 2009.10.27 1246-L APPRAISAL SUSPENDED 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
6 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 PREDRILLED
6305/5-B-2 H 2007.02.10 2007.02.27 2624-P OBSERVATION 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 PREDRILLED
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-C-2 H 2011.09.10 2011.10.02 3387-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
6305/5-C-2 AH 3388-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-C-3 H 3389-P PRODUCTION PREDRILLED
6305/5-C-5 H 3410-P PRODUCTION
6305/5-C-6 H 2012.01.02 2012.01.28 3411-P PRODUCTION SUSPENDED
6305/5-C-7 H 2011.08.21 2011.11.21 3390-P PRODUCTION PLUGGED
6305/5-M-2 2006.08.05 2006.08.30 2749-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
6305/7-D-1 H 2011.03.19 2011.05.23 3322-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/7-D-2 H 2010.04.28 2010.09.04 3194-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/7-D-3 H 2010.04.02 2010.04.24 3169-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/7-D-5 H 3323-P PRODUCTION
6305/7-D-6 H 2009.11.15 2009.12.20 3170-P PRODUCTION PLUGGED
6305/7-D-7 H 2009.12.28 2010.01.24 3171-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
6305/7-D-7 AH 2010.03.16 2010.08.09 3172-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/7-D-8 H 2011.04.11 2011.06.21 3324-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING GAS
6305/8-A-1 H 2006.03.25 2007.06.12 2821-P PRODUCTION SUSP.AT TD GAS
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
33 wellbore(s)

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