Project Profile
Value: US$250 million
Location: blocks 6507/7/9 and 6507/8, PL435 Norwegian Sea
Recoverable reserves: 18.2 billion cubic metres of natural gas
Start-up Year: 2020
The Zidane is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea discovered in 2010. The Zidane field is located in Production Licence 435, operated by Dea Norge. The Zidane field, located approximately 15 kilometers North West of the Heidrun field and 35 kilometers South of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea, was awarded in APA 2006. The first well was drilled in September 2010 and discovered a 150 meters gas column in the Fangst group. The second discovery, drilled to the adjacent structure, was made in 2012. Zidane 2 also discovered a 140 meters column of gas in the same interval. The total size of the discoveries is estimated to between 14 – 22 billion cubic metres of recoverable gas.
The field has been sitting undeveloped for a few years, but Dea Norge in April told Offshore Energy Today that it reached an agreement to tie-in the Zidane resources to the nearby Heidrun facility. This had been the plan all along, however in September 2014, Dea said the plan would not be submitted as planned in October 2014, as the project needed “further value enhancement”. The original development concept revealed in early 2013 called for a tie-in to the platform at the Heidrun oil and gas field and a gas export through the Polarled pipeline system.
Dea Norge has obtained an extension to the August 2nd 2016 deadline to submit the plan for development and operation (PDO) for its Zidane offshore gas field. The Norwegian petroleum ministry has now given Dea Norge until October 3, 2016. (June, 2016)
Operators:
Dea Norge AG: Operator with 55% interest
Petoro: 35% interest
Edison Norge: 10% interest
Contractors:
Aibel: Contract to build the two modules
Aker Solutions: Secured two contracts worth at least NOK 900 million (US$112 million) from DEA Norge to deliver the subsea production system, maintenance and services at the Dvalin natural gas development offshore Norway. (October, 2016)
Seadrill: Semi-sub rig contract
Technip Norge: EPCI contract for the fabrication of smaller structures, the 12/16-inch pipe-in-pipe production flowline, the 12-inch gas export pipeline and the installation of pipelines as well as all subsea structures and umbilical for the field. (October, 2016)
Sub-contractors:
Kanfa: Responsible for the EPC delivery of the Nitrogen Generator unit.