Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved Repsol Norge AS’s revised development plan for Yme field in the southeastern Norwegian North Sea, said project partner OKEA AS.
The development, which was proposed earlier but then delayed, is expected to add 65 million bbl of production with startup expected by Dec. 31, 2019. Repsol on Dec. 19, 2017, submitted a new plan for development and operation (PDO) for Yme using existing infrastructure (OGJ Online, Dec. 20, 2017).
Repsol leased the Maersk Inspirer jack up, which will be modified for Yme operations. The latest PDO calls for reusing nine existing wells with a plan to drill six more.
Repsol became operator after its 2015 acquisition of Talisman Energy Inc. Current partners include Repsol, 55% interest, Lotos Exploration & Production Norge AS 20%, Kufpec Norway AS 10%, and OKEA 15%.
