Equinor and its Johan Sverdrup partners have agreed to further production capacity increases from the North Sea field.
They now expect Johan Sverdrup to deliver around 500,000 b/d of oil by yearend, nearly 60,000 b/d more than under the base production when the field came on stream just over 1 year ago (OGJ Online, Oct. 7. 2019).
Plant capacity was tested in November to verify a possible production rise from the current 470,000 b/d of oil (OGJ Online, Mar. 30, 2020).
The field is using water injection to secure high recovery of reserves and maintain production at a high level, Equinor said. Phase 2 field development is on schedule to produce in fourth-quarter 2022. Full-field plateau production capacity is expected to rise to 720,000 b/d from 690,000 b/d.
Johan Sverdrup is the third largest oil field on the Norwegian continental shelf, with expected recoverable reserves of 2.7 billion boe. It is powered from shore with low CO2 emissions per bbl. Emissions during the field life are estimated at less than 0.7kg CO2 per produced bbl.
Equinor is operator (42.6%) with partners Lundin Energy Norway (20%), Petoro (17.36%), Aker BP (11.57%), and Total (8.44%).