Drilling & Production

Statoil seeks partial Snorre restart

Jan. 11, 2005

Statoil ASA notified Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) Jan. 11 that it is able to resume partial production from its Snorre A subsea production system in the North Sea. Full production of just less than 100,000 b/d of oil from Snorre and its Vigdis satellite must await additional work on the platform along with more inspections.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Jan. 11 -- Statoil ASA notified Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) Jan. 11 that it is able to resume partial production from its Snorre A subsea production system in the North Sea. Full production of just less than 100,000 b/d of oil from Snorre and its Vigdis satellite must await additional work on the platform along with more inspections.

The Snorre A tension leg platform and the wells have been shut down since Nov. 28 following a gas leak (OGJ Online, Dec. 2, 2004).

The timing of a partial start-up depends on PSA's consideration of Statoil's documentation and on weather.