RE: Wintershall Dea Finds Oil at Cuvette Well Near Vega Field Off Norway19 Jun 2024 11:04
offshore energy june 19, 2024
fresh gas discovery with multiple development routes emerges from north sea depths
wintershall dea norge, a norwegian subsidiary of germany’s energy player wintershall dea, has expanded its natural gas ****nal with a new gas condensate discovery in the northern north sea, thanks to drilling activities undertaken with one of transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.
anne grethe bretting, wintershall dea’s exploration manager for the north sea, outlined: “with gjøa and vega both in a mature production phase, we and our partners are highly motivated to continue to explore for new discoveries. these discoveries can utilise the spare capacity which will become available in the existing infrastructure in the coming years.”
while disclosing a gas condensate discovery at the cuvette prospect on june 19, wintershall dea confirmed that license partners were going to evaluate the gas condensate discovery’s potential to be fast-tracked into production utilizing existing infrastructure in the vega/gjøa area.
“our strategy is to identify new volumes close to infrastructure that can be quickly developed into new fields. our goal will now be to establish the commerciality for this new discovery by evaluating development options,” highlighted roy davies, vice president exploration & subsurface at wintershall dea norge.
based on the preliminary results, the cuvette exploration well encountered gas condensate in sandstones of the middle and upper jurassic age, with estimated recoverable volumes of 9 – 22 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) in the primary middle jurassic target and 7 – 16 mmboe in the shallower upper jurassic target.
according to dno, the partners will consider fast-track production of middle jurassic volumes through the vega central template along with another option on the table, which is a joint development with three nearby discoveries made in 2015-2016 – syrah, orion, beaujolais – totaling some 15 mmboe gross.
“we are racking up discovery after discovery close to existing gathering and processing infrastructure. our challenge now is to inject the norwegian oil sector with a large dose of entrepreneurialism to bring a sense of urgency to partners, infrastructure hosts and regulatory bodies in helping bring our and other discoveries to market,” emphasized dno’s executive chairman.
with the vega and nova subsea fields, alongside several operated exploration licenses from its portfolio being close by, wintershall dea considers itself one of the key operators in this area of the northern north sea. the firm is also a shareholder in the nearby gjøa platform which serves as the export hub for the surrounding fields in this area.
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