The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is processing Statoil’s plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Rutil discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea.
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Image of Gullfaks. From Statoil. |
Rutil is located in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen valley development, around 5-15km southwest of the Gullfaks A platform, in the North Sea and is at 135m water depth, 3200m below the seabed.
Production start-up is scheduled for 1Q 2017 on the US$610 million fast-track project with the purpose to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform and provide about 80MMboe. Plateau production is expected to reach 31,000boe/d in 2019 and the expected lifetime is 15 years.
The development is a four-slot subsea template with two simple gas production wells. The well stream will be connected to the existing pipeline to the Gullfaks A platform and has possibilities of connecting two more wells.
Statoil submitted its PDO to the NPD in December.
Statoil is the operator of Rutil with 51% interest. Partners are Petoro (30%) and OMV (19%).
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