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=== Summary Information ===
* Operator: Det Norske
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* Operator: AkerBP
 
* Country: Norway  
 
* Country: Norway  
 
* Location: 200 kilometres west of Haugesund
 
* Location: 200 kilometres west of Haugesund
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* Production Volume:
 
* Production Volume:
  
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=== Description ===
 
* The Bøyla field is located in block 24/9 in the northern part of the North Sea
 
* The Bøyla field is located in block 24/9 in the northern part of the North Sea
 
* The water depth at the site is approx. 120 metres.  
 
* The water depth at the site is approx. 120 metres.  
 
* The development solution is a subsea installation consisting of two horizontal production wells and one water injection well.
 
* The development solution is a subsea installation consisting of two horizontal production wells and one water injection well.
* These are tied in to the [[Alvheim Oil And Gas Field | Alvheim FPSO]] (floating production, storage and offloading) for further transport and processing.
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* These are tied in to the [[Alvheim Oil and Gas Field | Alvheim FPSO]] (floating production, storage and offloading) for further transport and processing.
  
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=== Contractors ===
 
* **Technip:**  
 
* **Technip:**  
 
** fabrication and reeled installation of a pipe-in-pipe production flowline, a plastic lined water injection flowline and a gas lift flowline,
 
** fabrication and reeled installation of a pipe-in-pipe production flowline, a plastic lined water injection flowline and a gas lift flowline,
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* **KWsubsea:** Predictive UHB analysis for pipe-in-pipe (21km), water injection (32km), gas line (25km)  
 
* **KWsubsea:** Predictive UHB analysis for pipe-in-pipe (21km), water injection (32km), gas line (25km)  
  
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=== History ===
 
* 2004 - Licence for the block awarded
 
* 2004 - Licence for the block awarded
 
* 2009 - Bøyla oil field discovered
 
* 2009 - Bøyla oil field discovered
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* 2014 - Marathon Oil Announces Sale of Norway Business to Det Norske
 
* 2014 - Marathon Oil Announces Sale of Norway Business to Det Norske
 
* 2015 - First oil produced
 
* 2015 - First oil produced
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* 2016 - BP and Det Norske merged their Norwegian assets
  
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=== Geology ===
* The oil is in the Hermod Formation in Paleocene age reservoir rocks
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* Bøyla produces oil from sandstone of late Paleocene to early Eocene age in the Hermod Formation. The reservoir has good quality and lies in a channelised submarine fan system at depth of 2,100 metres.
  
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=== Links ===
 
   
 
   
 
# [http://factpages.npd.no/factpages/default.aspx?culture=en&nav1=discovery&nav2=PageView|All&nav3=17237206 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Bøyla]
 
# [http://factpages.npd.no/factpages/default.aspx?culture=en&nav1=discovery&nav2=PageView|All&nav3=17237206 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Bøyla]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5216 Marathon Oil Announces $2.7 Billion Sale of Norway Business]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5216 Marathon Oil Announces $2.7 Billion Sale of Norway Business]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5717 Start-up of production from the Bøyla field]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5717 Start-up of production from the Bøyla field]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/08/det-norske-and-bp-join-forces-to-grow.html Det norske and BP join forces to grow Norway’s leading independent oil and gas producer]
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Revision as of 09:00, 8 August 2023

Summary Information

  • Operator: AkerBP
  • Country: Norway
  • Location: 200 kilometres west of Haugesund
  • Production start: 2015
  • Partners: Det Norske (65 per cent), ConocoPhillips (20 per cent) and Lundin (15 per cent)
  • Type: Oil & Gas
  • Estimated Reserves: 23 million barrels of oil equivalent
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The Bøyla field is located in block 24/9 in the northern part of the North Sea
  • The water depth at the site is approx. 120 metres.
  • The development solution is a subsea installation consisting of two horizontal production wells and one water injection well.
  • These are tied in to the Alvheim FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) for further transport and processing.

Contractors

  • **Technip:**
    • fabrication and reeled installation of a pipe-in-pipe production flowline, a plastic lined water injection flowline and a gas lift flowline,
    • fabrication and installation of rigid spools,
    • manufacturing and installation of flexible jumpers and umbilicals,
    • tie-in by divers, trenching, rockdumping, and ready for operation activities.
  • **Reef Subsea:** Trenching services
  • **KWsubsea:** Predictive UHB analysis for pipe-in-pipe (21km), water injection (32km), gas line (25km)

History

  • 2004 - Licence for the block awarded
  • 2009 - Bøyla oil field discovered
  • 2012 - The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate received the plan for development and operation
  • 2012 - Technip was awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract
  • 2014 - Marathon Oil Announces Sale of Norway Business to Det Norske
  • 2015 - First oil produced
  • 2016 - BP and Det Norske merged their Norwegian assets

Geology

  • Bøyla produces oil from sandstone of late Paleocene to early Eocene age in the Hermod Formation. The reservoir has good quality and lies in a channelised submarine fan system at depth of 2,100 metres.

Links

  1. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Bøyla
  2. Marathon Oil, Norway
  3. [[[KWsubsea Upheaval Buckling And Out Of Straightness Analysis]]]
  4. Lundin Petroleum Discovers Oil In PL340 Offshore Norway
  5. NPD processes development plan for Bøyla – 24/9-9 S
  6. Technip awarded a major contract for the Bøyla field development in Norway
  7. Reef Subsea secures contract award on Bøyla Development Project for Q1000 jet trencher
  8. Marathon Oil Announces $2.7 Billion Sale of Norway Business
  9. Start-up of production from the Bøyla field
  10. Det norske and BP join forces to grow Norway’s leading independent oil and gas producer