Knarr Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Shell
  • Country: Norway
  • Location: North Sea
  • Production start: 2015
  • Partners: Shell 45.00 %, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS 25.00 %, RWE Dea Norge AS 10.00 %, Wintershall Norge ASA 20.00 %
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves: Original Recoverable reserves
    • 8.3 million Sm³ oil
    • 0.2 billion Sm³ gas
    • 0.4 million tonnes NGL
  • Production Volume:

Description

Contractors

  • **Wood Group Kenny:** Design package for in field and export pipelines, control systems, risers and umbilicals as well as budget and schedule estimates
  • **FMC Technologies:** Supply of three each of subsea production trees and water injection trees and will also provide six subsea control modules, five wellheads, two manifolds and other related equipment and controls.
  • **Subsea 7:** Engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a 4.5 km flowline bundle containing production, water injection and service lines and controls system, a standalone water injection flowline, flexible riser systems, the static and dynamic umbilicals systems, as well as various subsea structures, associated tie-in spools and GRP protection covers and the connection and testing of the complete subsea architecture.
  • **KWSubsea:** Detailed design of the 101km, 12" export gas pipeline

History

  • 2010 - Wood Group Kenny awarded FEED
  • 2011 - FMC awarded subsea equipment contract
  • 2011 - Teekay awarded coontract for supply of FPSO
  • 2012 - Subsea 7 awarded SURF contract
  • 2015 - Production started
  • 2015 - Shell acquired BG Group and became the operator
  • 2022 - Production ceased

Geology

  • The reservoir lies at a depth of about 3 800 metres and contains oil in Lower Jurassic sandstones of the Cook Formation.
  • The production strategy will include pressure maintenance by water injection.

Links

  1. Knarr, Norwegian Petroleum
  2. KWSubsea Subsea References
  3. Wood Group Kenny awarded front end engineering design for Jordbaer field, Norway
  4. FMC Technologies Awarded $135 Million Subsea Equipment Contract for BG Norge's Knarr Development
  5. Teekay Awarded Contract for Knarr FPSO Project
  6. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contract offshore Norway
  7. BG Group produces first oil from the Knarr field in Norway
  8. Recommended cash and share offer for BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell