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Generated 31.07.2010

Field: ALVHEIM

General information

Current activity status: PRODUCING
Discovery wellbore: 24/6-2
Discovery year: 1998
Discoveries included: 24/6-4 ALVHEIM
25/4-7 ALVHEIM

Description Norwegian

Development

Alvheim is an oil and gas field located in the middle part of the North Sea, west of Heimdal and near the border to the British sector. The field includes three discoveries, 24/6-2 (Kamelon), 24/6-4 (Boa) and 25/4-7 (Kneler). The discovery 24/6-4 lies partly in the British sector. The sea depth in the area is 120 – 130 metres. The field is developed with a production vessel, «Alvheim FPSO», and subsea wells. The oil is stabilised and stored in the production vessel. The fields Vilje and Volund are tied to Alvheim.

Reservoir

The reservoir consists of sandstones in the Heimdal Formation of Paleocene age. The sand was deposited as sub-marine fan deposits, lies at a depth of approximately 2 200 metres and has very good reservoir quality.

Recovery strategy

Alvheim is produced by natural drive from a large surrounding aquifer.

Transport

The oil is exported by tankers. Processed rich gas is transported by pipeline from Alvheim to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) pipeline system on the British continental shelf.

Status

Alvheim is producing beyond expectations and the resource estimates for the field have increased correspondingly. Several new development wells are planned. New discoveries made in the area can later be tied to Alvheim.

Activity status history

Activity status From date To date
PDO APPROVED 06.10.2004 07.06.2008
PRODUCING 08.06.2008

Current owner(s)

Production License: 203

The field extends into

Block(s) Production licence(s)
24/6 088 BS
24/6 203
25/4 036 C
25/4 203

Current operator(s)

Company
Marathon Petroleum Norge AS

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]
34.40 7.90 0.00 0.00 27.20 7.30 0.00 0.00

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 may.2010 9.339061 0.781466 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 10.120527
2010 2.066039 0.189946 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2.255985
may.2010 0.392963 0.037247 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.430210
apr.2010 0.411991 0.039420 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.451411
mar.2010 0.444272 0.040498 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.484770
feb.2010 0.397883 0.035672 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.433555
jan.2010 0.418930 0.037109 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.456039
2009 4.973270 0.445442 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 5.418712
dec.2009 0.354071 0.031234 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.385305
nov.2009 0.442555 0.042149 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.484704
oct.2009 0.520508 0.049725 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.570233
sep.2009 0.457435 0.040754 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.498189
aug.2009 0.331070 0.027965 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.359035
jul.2009 0.477490 0.042518 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.520008
jun.2009 0.491962 0.040638 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.532600
may.2009 0.299068 0.024422 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.323490
apr.2009 0.389184 0.032334 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.421518
mar.2009 0.446031 0.041801 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.487832
feb.2009 0.398051 0.039318 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.437369
jan.2009 0.365845 0.032584 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.398429
2008 2.299752 0.146078 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2.445830

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 may.2010 9.266087 0.878322 0.000000 10.144409 0.673213
2010 2.034273 0.198410 0.000000 2.232683 0.295297
may.2010 0.377567 0.037681 0.000000 0.415248 0.003188
apr.2010 0.395621 0.039869 0.000000 0.435490 0.083836
mar.2010 0.444272 0.043285 0.000000 0.487557 0.081697
feb.2010 0.397883 0.037937 0.000000 0.435820 0.062891
jan.2010 0.418930 0.039638 0.000000 0.458568 0.063685
2009 4.954855 0.477091 0.000000 5.431946 0.376876
dec.2009 0.354071 0.033758 0.000000 0.387829 0.048854
nov.2009 0.442555 0.045294 0.000000 0.487849 0.070278
oct.2009 0.520508 0.053297 0.000000 0.573805 0.075446
sep.2009 0.457435 0.044305 0.000000 0.501740 0.048116
aug.2009 0.331070 0.030435 0.000000 0.361505 0.030233
jul.2009 0.477490 0.046077 0.000000 0.523567 0.038576
jun.2009 0.491962 0.045130 0.000000 0.537092 0.028300
may.2009 0.299068 0.027346 0.000000 0.326414 0.015439
apr.2009 0.389184 0.036133 0.000000 0.425317 0.017546
mar.2009 0.431063 0.044888 0.000000 0.475951 0.001652
feb.2009 0.398051 0.037813 0.000000 0.435864 0.001910
jan.2009 0.362398 0.032615 0.000000 0.395013 0.000526
2008 2.276959 0.202821 0.000000 2.479780 0.001040

Exploration wellbore(s)

Name Entry date Completion date Drill permit WB purpose WB status WB contents
24/6-2 1998.05.25 1998.07.08 929-L WILDCAT P&A OIL/GAS
24/6-3 2003.04.18 2003.04.22 1054-L APPRAISAL JUNKED DRY
24/6-4 2003.04.22 2003.06.02 1059-L WILDCAT P&A OIL/GAS
25/4-7 2003.03.21 2003.04.17 1053-L WILDCAT P&A OIL
4 wellbore(s)

Development wellbore(s)

Name Entry date Completion date Drill permit WB purpose WB status WB contents
24/6-A-1 H 2007.07.18 2007.07.30 2867-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-A-1 AY1H 2007.07.31 2007.08.29 2868-P1 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-1 AY2H 2007.08.30 2007.12.09 2868-P2 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-2 H 2008.11.13 2009.01.04 2975-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-3 H 2008.07.02 2008.07.15 2976-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-A-3 AY1H 2008.07.16 2008.08.21 2977-P1 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-3 AY2H 2008.08.22 2008.09.26 2977-P2 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-3 AY3H 2008.09.28 2008.11.09 2977-P3 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-A-4 H 2007.07.05 2007.12.09 2869-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-1 H 2006.12.05 2007.01.01 2751-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-B-1 AH 2007.01.02 2007.01.10 2752-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-B-1 BH 2007.01.11 2007.01.18 2753-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-B-1 CH 2007.01.19 2007.03.07 2799-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-2 H 2008.02.15 2008.03.09 2833-P PRODUCTION PLUGGED
24/6-B-2 AY1H 2008.05.05 2008.05.14 2940-P1 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-2 AY2H 2008.05.15 2008.05.26 2940-P2 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-3 H 2007.04.09 2007.04.22 2834-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-B-3 AY1H 2008.03.20 2008.04.02 2843-P1 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-3 AY2H 2008.04.03 2008.05.02 2843-P2 PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
24/6-B-4 H 2010.06.05 2010.06.24 3245-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
24/6-B-4 AY1H 2010.06.26 3246-P1 PRODUCTION
24/6-B-4 AY2H 3246-P2 PRODUCTION
25/4-J-1 H 2006.09.06 2006.09.10 2746-P INJECTION INJECTING WATER
25/4-J-1 AH 2006.09.11 2006.09.21 2748-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
25/4-J-2 H 2006.08.25 2006.10.13 2747-P INJECTION INJECTING WATER
25/4-K-1 H 2006.06.28 2006.11.05 2697-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
25/4-K-2 H 2006.06.24 2006.08.14 2698-P PRODUCTION SUSP.AT TD
25/4-K-3 H 2006.05.10 2006.06.13 2699-P OBSERVATION PLUGGED
25/4-K-3 AH 2006.06.14 2006.08.05 2700-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
25/4-K-4 H 2007.12.11 2007.12.18 2919-P PRODUCTION P&A
25/4-K-5 H 2007.12.19 2008.02.10 2924-P PRODUCTION PRODUCING OIL
31 wellbore(s)

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