– I think there is a field over 500 million barrels of oil, at least, in the north Sea. Johan Sverdrup shows that it is possible to find resources on the places we thought we had mapped out, ” says exploration director, Gro Haatvedt, Aker, BP, formerly known as The Norwegian.
the Statement was, according to the trade association the Norwegian oil and gas given during a session in sacramento on Wednesday, where Haatvedt and Statoil’s exploration manager, Jez Averty, among other things, talked about their expectations for the Norwegian continental shelf.
A discovery in the order of Haatvedt see for themselves will be comparable with the Johan Castberg – in his time described as the most important found in ten years.
OPTIMISTIC: north sea exploration Gro Haatvedt in Aker BP.
There is, however, a significant difference: the Johan Castberg is located in the Barents sea, while Haatvedt therefore looking for a new discovery in the north Sea. Development in this area may be something completely different, both in terms of complexity and not least costs.
– We believe there is at least one of the discoveries made on the size of the north Sea, istemmer Averty.
– Norway is appealing
In these days celebrates the oil industry’s 50th anniversary in Norway, and it is in just the north Sea that the oil boom began. The pumps Ekofisk, the first field which came in production on the Norwegian continental shelf started in 1971.
Just this makes the statement more dramatic, and that since that time, drilled a number of prayers in the area.
however, It is only about five years since you became familiar with the size of the above-mentioned Johan Sverdrup discovery, that now is expected to “pull the wagon” in the Norwegian petroleum sector for a long time to come.
Statoil has alerted a number of wells in 2017, and several of these boreholes will take place on the Norwegian continental shelf.
– That we drill many wells on the Norwegian continental shelf, says something about how competitive we think it is globally. Norway is attractive because it is predictable leterunder, stable frame and skattevilkår, says Averty.
Lundin believe in kjempefunn in the North
While Aker BP and Statoil believes that it will be possible to make new kjempefunn, often referred to as “elephants” in the oil industry in the north Sea, used the Lundin this illustration below kvartalspresentasjonen its Wednesday this week:
CONTINUE ELEFANTJAKTEN: Lundin does not hide that they believe there are several kjempefelt (elephants) on the Norwegian continental shelf. They point to new areas along the dividing line against Russia as such an area. The names in blue are the findings that Lundin has already done, and the yellow is the prospects that will be drilled. Neiden, Filicudi, Borselv, and Hellemobotn are all prospects that are situated around the Alta/Gohta discoveries in the Barents sea, while Korpfjell located further east in the same area.
the Company does not hide that they have found the Edvard Grieg and the giant Johan Sverdrup in the north Sea, and then Alta/Gohta in the Barents sea, think it is possible to make several discoveries.
the Company writes that there is the potential for making discoveries in the milliardklassen, measured in barrels, in the Barents sea southeast. These are areas that the oil industry now have access to, including through the 23. licensing round that opened up a new area for the industry for the first time in 20 years.
Lundin pointed out that those with the seismic viewing structures in the Barents sea south-east which is three to four times as large as the Johan Sverdrup field, which is the largest field on the Norwegian continental shelf in recent times.
In the first place to Lundin together with the operator Statoil to drill an exploration well in the Korpfjell prospect in the Barents sea south-east, which is close to the dividing line against Russia.
Lundin Petroleum’s chief executive officer Alex Schneiter received during the presentation questions if they don’t drill more in the Barents sea southeast in the next year, and how much drilling that is needed to uncover the elefantfunnene they think can be found there.
He pointed out that they must have completed the first drilling and see the results of it, to be able to fine-tune and plan further drilling.
We are eager to get started with the drilling of the first exploration well (on Korpfjell, journ.anm.). It will give us more data about the reservoir and the quality there, ” said Schneiter and continued:
In 2018, I think that we will see an upsurge in this area, but it is still early in the process. I would expect at least one well in 2018, ” said Schneiter.
Hectic in the Barents sea
When it comes to Statoil’s drilling program next year, confirms, incidentally, Averty five to seven wells in the Barents sea.
Averty and Statoil launched its comprehensive exploration programme for the 2017 under oljemessen ONS in Stavanger in august. Where it came out that the group now takes up again a comprehensive leteaktivtet in the Barents sea after a period where the search in the area has been pretty quiet.
Wednesday, it became known that the oil company Lundin Petroleum, is the partner of Statoil and the Aker BP on the Johan Sverdrup field, is planning at least four exploration wells in the Barents sea and one in the north Sea next year.
We invest in this area because we believe it is still large undiscovered resources here, said ceo Kristin Færøvik in Lundin Norway to E24.
Lundin already made two major discoveries in the Barents sea, known as Alta and Gohta.
In the time ahead, we shall examine three new prospects on Lopphøgden, and we shall make the further delineation of the discoveries Alta and Gohta, ” says Færøvik.
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