Equinor receives approval to start up Snorre expansion

Equinor has consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start up the Snorre expansion project in Blocks 34/4 (PL 057) and 34/7 (PL 089) of the Tampen area, about 200 km west of Florø in the Norwegian North Sea.

The expansion consists of 24 new wells (13 production wells, 11 water-alternating gas injectors) in six subsea templates and will be tied into Snorre A floating tension-leg platform (OGJ Online, Oct. 10, 2018).

Recoverable reserves are about 31 million standard cu m oil equivalent (195 million bbl) in the amended plan for development and operation. The project is expected to increase field production life by 30 years, up to 2040.

Equinor is operator at Snorre (33.3%) with partners Petoro AS (30%), Var Energi AS (18.5%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (9.6%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (8.6%).