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Summary Information
* Operator: Statoil
* Country: Norway
* Location: 200 kilometres west of Stavanger
* Production start: 200 kilometres west of Stavanger
* Partners: StatoilHydro (operator) (59.6%), Exxon Mobil (30.4%) and PA Resources (10.0%)
* Type: Oil & Gas
* Estimated Reserves: Original
** 8.7 million Sm³ oil, 0.8 billion Sm³ gas, 0.2 million tonnes NGL, 0.1 million Sm³ condensate
* Production Volume:

+++ Description
* Volve is an oil field located in the central part of the North Sea, approximately eight kilometres north of Sleipner Øst.
* The water depth in the area is about 80 metres. The development concept is a jack-up processing and drilling facility and the vessel “Navion Saga” for storing stabilised oil.
* The rich gas is transported to [[Sleipner Gas and Condensate Field | Sleipner A]] for further export. The oil is exported by tankers

+++ Contractors
* **Maersk:** Supply and operation of jack up rig
* **Vetco Aibel:** Fabrication of process & wellhead modules
* **Aker Kvaerner:** Drilling and production risers

+++ History
* 1993 - Volve Oil Field discovered
* 2005 - Government approval granted for development
* 2008 - Volve Oil Field came onstream

+++ Geology
* The reservoir contains oil in a combined stratigraphic and structural trap in Jurassic sandstones in the Hugin Formation.
* The reservoir lies at a depth of 2 750 – 3 120 metres. The western part of the structure is heavily faulted and communication across the faults is uncertain.

+++ Links
# [http://www.npd.no/en/Publications/Facts/Facts-2013/Chapter-10/Volve/ NPD, Volve]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:volve-development-approved Volve development approved]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:aker-kvaerner-awarded-volve-drilling-and-production Aker Kvaerner awarded Volve drilling and production risers]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:volve-module-en-route Volve module en route]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:volve-on-stream Volve on stream]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4316 Delineation of the Volve field in the North Sea]

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