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Embla, Ekofisk area's 8th field, to start up during early 1993

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)
OSTI ID:6931492

Phillips Petroleum Co. Norway expects to start production early in 1993 from Embla field in the greater Ekofisk area of the North Sea. The field, 5 km south of Eldfisk Alpha platform, is the first on the Norwegian continental shelf that will produce from deeper than 13,000 ft. Eighth field in the Ekofisk complex, Embla will produce from a separate, complex Jurassic sandstone structure about 4,000 ft below Ekofisk chalk. Production is expected to be a combined 40,000 bd of oil and 74 MMcfd of gas from six wells. Platform capacity is 60,-0-- b/d. Phillips is operator, its about 37%. Phillips discovered Embla, formerly South Eldfisk, in the southern part of Block 2/7 in 1974. Reserves are estimated at 208 million bbl of oil, 370 bcf of gas, and 1.6 million tons of natural gas liquids.

OSTI ID:
6931492
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:44; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English