Partners start production from Boyla field offshore Norway

Partners Det Norske ASA , Core Energy AS, andLundin Petroleum AB have started production from Boyla field on Block 24/9 in production license 340 of the Norwegian North Sea.

The field, which cost 5 billion kroner to develop, is estimated to hold gross reserves of 23 million boe and expected to produce at a gross peak rate of 20,000 boe/d once the second production well has been completed, although the plateau rate is expected to be somewhat lower.

Drilling operations on the second production well were suspended late last year, but the Transocean Winner semisubmersible rig will return to complete the well during this year’s second quarter, with startup expected by midyear.

The field is connected via a 28-km subsea tieback to Alvheim field where Lundin holds 15% nonoperated interest. The Alvheim floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, owned by the Alvheim field partners, serves as the production facility for Boyla after receiving minor modifications in preparation for the field coming online (OGJ Online, June 11, 2008).

Volund and Vilje fields also are connected to the Alvheim FPSO, which has a processing capacity of 150,000 b/d (OGJ Online May 16, 2012).

The Boyla license was awarded in the APA 2004 licensing round. The first discovery was made in 2009 via the Marihone prospect, which was confirmed by two appraisal wells the same year. The plan for development and operation was submitted to and approved by the Norwegian authorities in 2012 (OGJ Online, Oct. 26, 2012).

Construction of the subsea structures on the field began in 2013, carried out mainly by Norwegian contractors.

Det Norske is operator of PL340 with 65% interest. Core Energy has 20% and Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has 15%.