Embla oil and gas field

The Embla oil and gas field is a high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) crude oil and associated gas producing field in the Norwegian sector of the central North Sea. Production of oil and gas started in 1993, peak oil and gas was achieved in 1994, and the field is still operational.

The field

The characteristics of the Embla field reservoir are as follows.{{Cite web |last=Norwegian Petroleum |title=Embla field, Norwegian Petroleum |url=https://www.norskpetroleum.no/en/facts/field/embla/ |access-date=11 July 2024}} {{Cite web |last=OSPAR |title=OSPAR Inventory of Offshore Installations - 2021 |url=https://odims.ospar.org/en/search/?search=inventory |access-date=11 July 2024}} {{Cite web |last=Norsk Oljemuseum |title=Oil and Gas fields in Norway Embla field |url=https://www.norskolje.museum.no/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3467_fdf6d757dda446e2bb14aaf4ee8fd1b5.pdf |access-date=11 July 2024}}

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|+Embla field reservoir

|Field

|Embla

Reservoir

|Devonian and Permian segmented sandstone and conglomerate

Block

|2/7-D

Reservoir depth, metres

|4,000

Properties

|High-pressure high-temperature (160°C)

Discovered

|1988

Original recoverable reserves

|19.5 million Sm³ oil equivalent

Now in reserve

|0.8 million Sm³ oil equivalent (2023)

Owners and operator

The current (2024) owners of the Embla field and their respective stakes are:

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!Company

!Interest

TotalEnergies EP Norge AS

|39.896

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS

|35.112

Vår Energi ASA

|12.388

Sval Energi AS

|7.604

Petoro AS

The field is operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.

Infrastructure

The field has been developed with an unmanned wellhead platform facility, which is remotely controlled from Eldfisk.

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!Parameter

!Value

Block

|2/7

Latitude

|56.333231°N

Longitude

|3.248264°E

Water depth, metres

|70

Type

|Fixed steel

Sunstructure, tonnes

|3,927

Topsides, tonnes

|2,465

Legs

Export

|5.2 km, 14-inch pipeline to the Eldfisk S facility

Production

Production started in May 1993. The production profile is as follows:

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|Year

|Oil (million standard m³ oil equivalent

|NGL (MSm³OE)

|Gas (MSm³OE)

1993

|0.68811

|0.045611

|0.210479

1994

|1.415889

|0.096269

|0.428067

1995

|1.272605

|0.08568

|0.389236

1996

|0.998578

|0.071814

|0.355248

1997

|0.736073

|0.061547

|0.296414

1998

|0.484881

|0.039422

|0.185904

1999

|0.700903

|0.062354

|0.251046

2000

|0.636833

|0.061203

|0.225318

2001

|0.495126

|0.043202

|0.082133

2002

|0.387038

|0.035957

|0.079229

2003

|0.403208

|0.033641

|0.108767

2004

|0.400365

|0.040014

|0.15875

2005

|0.281662

|0.029661

|0.135441

2006

|0.32992

|0.038658

|0.158861

2007

|0.196946

|0.025141

|0.110466

2008

|0.218954

|0.031435

|0.144456

2009

|0.224458

|0.031504

|0.145303

2010

|0.172151

|0.031901

|0.155435

2011

|0.147996

|0.022678

|0.11728

2012

|0.12046

|0.018494

|0.091611

2013

|0.12518

|0.01419

|0.068675

2014

|0.192006

|0.017747

|0.075517

2015

|0.129199

|0.016723

|0.083684

2016

|0.154376

|0.020026

|0.102055

2017

|0.184917

|0.021756

|0.109142

2018

|0.146766

|0.022029

|0.105742

2019

|0.08709

|0.020663

|0.102822

2020

|0.076664

|0.024585

|0.0945

2021

|0.067407

|0.020813

|0.092841

2022

|0.070596

|0.02762

|0.118317

2023

|0.172317

|0.045169

|0.209868

References

Category:Natural gas fields in Norway

Category:North Sea energy

Embla oil and gas field

The field

Owners and operator

Infrastructure

Production

See also

References