Johan Castberg Oil and Gas Field

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 field development is based on a production vessel, Johan Castberg FPSO, tied back to an extensive subsea field with a total of 30 wells distributed between 10 well templates and two satellite structures.
• 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
• 2025 - Johan Castberg came on stream

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
8. Johan Castberg strengthens Norway as a long-term energy exporter