Oselvar
Oselvar oil field is located in North Sea
Oselvar oil field
Location of Oselvar
CountryNorway
RegionNorth Sea
Block1/2, 1/3
Offshore/onshoreOffshore
Coordinates56°55′59″N 2°40′16″E / 56.93306°N 2.67111°E / 56.93306; 2.67111
OperatorDNO Norge AS
PartnersDNO Norge AS (55%)
Cape Omega AS (45%)
Field history
Discovery1991
Start of productionNovember 2011[1]
AbandonmentApril 2018
Production
Estimated oil in place38 million barrels (~6.5×10^6 t)
Estimated gas in place141×10^9 cu ft (4.0×10^9 m3)

Oselvar (Norwegian: Oselvarfeltet) is a since April 2018 abandoned subsea oil field located 250 km (160 mi) southwest of Stavanger in the southern Norwegian section of the North Sea, close to the British border.[1] Oselvar was discovered in 1991.[2] The field is located at 23 kilometres (14 mi) distance from the Ula field to which it was tied back.[3] The original estimated reserves at Oselvar were 38 million barrels of oil[4] and 4 billion cubic metres (140×10^9 cu ft) of natural gas.[5] The water depth at location is 72 metres (236 ft). The Oselvar field installations shall be decommissioned by the end of 2022.

Ownership

DNO Norge AS is since 2019 the formal operator of the field with 55% of interest in the project. Production License 274 which covers the area of the field was given in 2002 to then operator DONG.[5] As per 2020 the only other partner is CapeOmega AS (45%). The total development cost was NOK 4.7 billion. [3] "Dong makes plans for Oselvar find". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-03-25.</ref>[6]

Production

Natural Gas from Oselvar burns on the Ula platform flare on April 14th, 2012

Oselvar was developed with three production wells. Produced oil and gas was transported to the Ula field platform for processing via the Oselvar module. Once processed, the oil was pumped via the Norpipe system to Teesside, UK.[3] Although production was scheduled to start in November 2011,[1] production actually started on April 14, 2012.

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