Snøhvit Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Statoil
• Country: Norway
• Location: Barents Sea
• Production start: 2007
• Partners: Gaz de France - 12%
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Snøhvit gas and condensate field was the first offshore development in the Barents Sea
• No fixed or floating units are used, instead, the subsea production facilities stand on the seabed, in water depths of 250-345 metres.
• This output is transported to land through a 143-kilometre pipeline to the Hammerfest LNG facilities
• It consists of three reservoirs, **Snøhvit**, **Albatross** and **Askeladden**.
• CO2 is naturally present in the reservoir and is produced with natural gas at the field.
• The CO2 is separated from the gas onshore before it is pumped back to the reservoir via a dedicated pipeline.

+++ Contractors

• **ABB:** Fabrication of subsea production systems
• **Aker Kvaerner:** Subsea bucket foundations
• **Aker Marine Contractors:** Installation of subsea production systems
• **DeepOcean and Stolt Offshore:** Vessel-based services relating to seabed mapping and pipelaying
• **Dragados:** Construction of natural gas treatment plant
• **GE:** subsea production and injection equipment for the carbon dioxide (CO2) injection project

+++ History

• 1981 - Snohvit gas field discovered
• 2001 - Gaz de France acquired a 12% stake
• 2002 - PDO for upstream & LNG project approved
• 2003 - Dragados awarded natural gas treatment plant
• 2007 - First gas produced
• 2011 - Statoil acquired 3.26% from Hess
• 2013 - GE awarded contract for the carbon dioxide (CO2) injection project

+++ Geology

Links

1. Sale of offshore holdings approved
2. Snøhvit Development Approved
3. AMC to install Snøhvit
4. Subsea contracts for Snøhvit
5. Dragados Industrial builds in Cadiz a natural gas treatment plant for the North of Norway
6. Statoil Increases ownership in the Snøhvit Unit
7. GE Oil & Gas Awarded $147 Million Contract to Support Statoil’s Snøhvit Field Carbon Dioxide Injection Project