Statoil
upgrades Alve reserves
Posted: 30 April 2004
Proven reserves of gas and condensate in Statoil's Alve discovery
in the Norwegian Sea have been upgraded following the completion
of an appraisal well.
This find lies 10 kilometres south-west of the group's Norne development.
The 6507/3-4 appraisal was drilled in 372 metres of water to a
total measured depth of 4,092 metres below sea level and terminated
in early Jurassic rocks.
Cores were taken during the drilling operation, which lasted for
47 days, and extensive well logging was carried out.
"It's too early to say anything about the size of recoverable
reserves proven so far in Alve," says Roger Inge Johansen,
sector manager in the exploration Norway cluster for Halten/Nordland.
"We'll be evaluating all the information obtained from this
well to clarify the potential of the discovery."
Alve will primarily be assessed for a tie-back to the Norne production
ship, but this will depend on its size. Statoil also intends to
evaluate another appraisal well.
When Alve was proven in 1990, it put the group on the track of
the Norne discovery.
The present well was drilled from the West Navigator drill ship,
which left the location yesterday, 29 April, to spud a wildcat on
the Linerle prospect 20 kilometres north-east of Norne.
For more information see www.statoil.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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