Ula oil field

Ula

Location of Ula

Country Norway
Location/block 7/12-2
Offshore/onshore Offshore
Coordinates 57°6′41.15″N 2°50′50.39″E / 57.1114306°N 2.8473306°E / 57.1114306; 2.8473306Coordinates: 57°6′41.15″N 2°50′50.39″E / 57.1114306°N 2.8473306°E / 57.1114306; 2.8473306
Operator BP Norge AS
Partners BP Norge AS (80%), Dong Norge AS (20%)
Field history
Discovery 1976
Start of production 1986
Abandonment 2028
Production
Current production of oil 10,000 barrels per day (~5.0×10^5 t/a)
Estimated oil in place 18.1 million barrels (~2.47×10^6 t)
Producing formations Upper Jurassic[1]

Ula (Norwegian: Ulafeltet) is an offshore oil field located in the southern Norwegian section of North Sea along with Gyda, Tambar and Tambar East fields making up the UGT area, usually attributed to DONG Energy's main areas of exploration and production activity.[2]

The Ula field was discovered in 1976 and came online in October 1986.[3] It contains confirmed 69.98 million m3 of oil and 2.5 million of NGL.[1]

Ownership

BP is the operator of the field with 80% of interest in the project. BP's partner DONG Energy holds 20% of interest.[3] DONG Energy increased its initial share of 5% to 20% by acquiring Svenska Petroleum's complete share of 15% for US$130 million in 2008.[2]

Production

Ula is located in approximately 70 m (230 ft) of water. The main reservoir stands at 3,345 m (10,974 ft) in the Upper Jurassic Ula Formation.[1] The field has three conventional steel facilities with production, drilling, living quarters. It has 7 production and 2 water injection wells. Current production at Ula field is 10,000 bbl/d. The existing gas process plant was recently extended with a new module, turbine and compressor and has been operative since 2008. The gas from Blane field is injected into the Ula reservoir for production. The gas produced at Ula field is re-injected into the field for increased recovery as well. The field is expected to be abandoned in 2028.[3] The produced oil is then transported by a pipeline to Ekofisk oil field and on to Teesside for refining.[1] In 2009, Aker Solutions was awarded a contract to tieback Ula field to Oselvar field. The work is expected to commence in 2011.[4] Once complete, the oil from DONG-operated Oselvar field which is 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Ula will be pumped to facilities at Ula for processing.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "OLJEDIREKTORATET Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ula". Npd.no. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "DONG Ups Stake in Norway's Ula Field". Rigzone. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "BP operated fields. Ula". Bp.com. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "SubseaIQ Oselvar". Subseaiq.com. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Aker Solutions ties up Ula job". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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