Statoil:
oil find in Linerle
Posted: 24 May 2004
An oil discovery has been made by Statoil in its Linerle prospect
north-east of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea.
Knut Chr Grindstad, exploration manager for the Halten/Nordland
cluster in Harstad, says it is too early to say anything about the
volume or type of oil in the deposit.
"We've previously discovered oil in the nearby Falk structure,
and Linerle underpins our strategy to realise a collective development
of these parts," says Mr Grindstad. But the Falk oil has a
higher density than average, and preliminary analyses indicate that
the oil in Linerle is also heavier. An assessment will now be made
to see whether a profitable development is feasible. "And there
could be more oil in this sequence of finds in the Norne area,"
adds Mr Grindstad.
It was recently resolved to submit a plan for development and operation
of Svale and Stær, two other oil discoveries near Norne. There
will however still be available capacity on the Norne production
ship after this development.
The West Navigator drill ship began exploratory drilling on 30 April,
and this was completed on 23 May.
Linerle is located in block 6608/11 in production licence 128 (the
Norne licence). Statoil is operator, with Eni, Hydro, Petoro and
Shell/Enterprise as partners.
For more information see www.statoil.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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