Johan Castberg Oil and Gas Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Equinor
  • Country: Norway
  • Location: Barents Sea
  • Production start:
  • Partners: Statoil - 50%, ENI - 30%, Petoro - 20%
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves: 400 million and 600 million barrels of oil
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The project comprises the development of the oil fields Skrugard, Havis and Drivis in Production Licence 532, approximately 230 km North West of North Cape.
  • The development will utilise an FPSO
  • The water depth at the fields is 360 – 405 m.

+++ Contractors

  • **Aker Solutions:** Extended concept study for the floater
  • **Sembcorp:** Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Hull and Living Quarters for a newbuild floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)
  • **Kongsberg:** Integrated engineering services necessary for the conceptual design and pre-FEED design of the infield flowline systems and riser system

+++ History

  • 2009 - The licence was awarded with the 20th licensing round
  • 2012 - Johan Castberg Oil And Gas Field discovered
  • 2014 - Kongsberg awarded design contract
  • 2017 - Sembcorp awarded FPSO contract

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Major new oil discovery in the Barents Sea
  2. Aker Solutions wins contract for Johan Castberg floater study
  3. Eni makes a new offshore oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea
  4. Exploration well in Drivis completed
  5. KONGSBERG chosen by Statoil for Johan Castberg project
  6. [ Oceaneering Announces Statoil Umbilical Contract]
  7. Sembcorp Marine wins Statoil contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction of newbuild FPSO’s Hull and Living Quarters