Project Profile
Dvelopment cost: US$514 million
Location: Norwegian Sea
Water depth: 1,200 ft/ 365 m
Start-up year: April 2012
The Marulk field is located in the Norwegian Sea, in block 6507, approximately 18 miles (30 kilometres) southwest of the Norne field at a water depth of 1,200 feet (365 metres). The initial development will consist of two wells tied back to the Norne floating production, storage and offloading vessel. consists of two formations, Lysing and Lange, that both contain gas and condensate. The Marulk base case comprises production from the Lysing formation only, which is estimated to have recoverable reserves of approximately 70 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE).
The Marulk field was discovered by Eni Norge in 1992. It was followed by two subsequent exploration wells and an appraisal well drilled in 2007. The appraisal well confirmed and stretched the resource base in the Lysing and Lange formations.
Marulk is primarily a low-CO2 gas field and consists of condensate as well. Recoverable gas reserves in the field are estimated at 70mmboe.
Operators:
ENI: Operator with 20% interest
Statoil: 50% interest
INEOS: 30% interest
Contractors:
FMC Technologies, Inc.: Subsea production equipment
Technip Norge AS: Fabrication and installation of a pipe-in-pipe flowline
Transocean: Drilling contract
Subcontractors:
Nexans: Design, engineer and manufacture a static subsea control and chemical injection umbilical