Ivar Aasen Oil and Gas Field

Operator: Aker BP
Country: Norway
Location: northern part of the North Sea
Production start: 2016
Partners: Equinor - 41.47%, Aker BP - 34.79%, Sval Energi - 12.32%, Wintershall - 6.46%, Neptune Energy - 3.02%, Lundin Energy - 1.39%, OKEA - 0.55%
Type: Oil / Gas
Estimated Reserves: 200 million barrels of oil equivalents
Production Volume: 20 kboe/d (2020)

The field was previously know as Draupne
The Ivar Aasen project is situated west of the Johan Sverdrup-field in the North Sea, containing approximately 150 million barrels of oil equivalents.
The Aasen field was a coordinated development with the Edvard Grieg Oil and Gas Field, which is located ten kilometers further southeast. Oil and gas are transported to the Edvard Grieg platform for final processing. From there, oil is exported to Grane Oil Pipeline, which is connected to the Sture terminal. The gas is exported in a separate pipeline to the British shelf. Ivar Aasen receives power from the Edvard Grieg platform, and will from 2022 receive power from shore from the Johan Sverdrup platform.
The Ivar Aasen development comprises production of the resources in three discoveries; Ivar Aasen, Hanz and West Cable.
The fields are being developed with a manned platform located above the Ivar Aasen discovery and a subsea installation on Hanz tied to the Ivar Aasen platform by means of a flowline and umbilical system. From start of production the Ivar Aasen-platform is electrified

**SMOE:** Provision of engineering, procurement and construction services for the platform topside
**Wood Group Mustang:** Topsides detailed engineering and design
**Apply:** Living quarters for the Ivar Aasen platform
**Claxton:** Procurement of high and low-pressure surface drilling risers
**KWSubsea Subsea References:** Conceptual study to establish feasible design solutions
Hanz
- Subsea 7 - Engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the gas lift and production pipelines, and associated subsea infrastructure

1997 - Hanz field discovered
2008 - Ivar Aasen discovered
2012 - Det Norske submitted the PDO to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy
2013 - SMOE awarded topside contract
2013 - Project approval awarded
2016 - First oil produced
2016 - BP and Det Norske merged their Norwegian assets
2021 - Hanz development sanctions and contracts awarded
2022 - Sval Energji became a partner when it acquired Spirit Energy's Norwegian business
2022 - AkerBP increased its stake with Lundin acquisition

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