Vilje Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: AkerBP
- Country: Norway
- Location: North Sea
- Production start: 2008
- Partners: Marathon Oil Norge AS (46.90 percent interest), Statoil Petroleum AS (28.85 percent) and Total E&P Norge AS (24.24 percent)
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: Vilje is expected to produce 21 000 barrels of oil per day in 2012
Description
- Vilje is a field in the central part of the North Sea, 20 kilometres northeast of the Alvheim field. The water depth is 120 metres.
- The field development concept includes two subsea templates and two production wells, tied in to the Alvheim production vessel.
- The Skogul field is tied-back to the Alvheim FPSO via the Vilje template.
Contractors
- Technip: Engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of sub sea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, tie-ins, manifold installation and sub sea equipment protection work
- KWsubsea: 1 offshore 12" rigid (19km), 1 offshore 6" rigid (21km) Pipelines
History
- 2005 - Technip awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract
- 2008 - Production starts
- 2012 - Statoil transfers Vilje operatorship to Marathon
- 2014 - Marathon Oil Announces Sale of Norway Business to Det Norske
- 2014 - PGNiG acquired Total's stake
- 2016 - BP and Det Norske merged their Norwegian assets
Geology
- The reservoir is a turbidite deposit, in the Heimdal Formation of the Paleocene age.
- The reservoir lies approximately 2 150 metres below sea level.
Links
- KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis
- Marathon and Partners Announce First Oil From Vilje Field Offshore Norway
- Technip awarded two contracts by Norsk Hydro for the Fram East and Vilje projects in Norway
- Statoil transfers Vilje operatorship to Marathon
- Marathon Oil Announces $2.7 Billion Sale of Norway Business
- Norway: Total Sells An 8% Interest In Gina Krog Field And Interests In Three Minor Fields
- Det norske and BP join forces to grow Norway’s leading independent oil and gas producer
