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