Project Profile
Location: PL 418, Blocks 35/8, 35/9, North Sea
Value: US$1.2 billion
Recoverable reserves: 60 - 160 million barrels of oil
Water Depth: 368 m
Current area: 111.214 km2
Start-up Year: 2021
Nova was discovered in 2012 and is situated in the northeastern North Sea approximately 17km southwest of the Gjoa platform and about 120km northwest of Bergen.
The discovery well 35/9-7 found Upper Jurassic reservoir sands of very good quality with light oil within a significant oil column. The resource is estimated to range between 60 million and 160 million barrels of recoverable oil.
Subsea Development Concept
Hydrocarbons from the Skarfjell reservoir would be sent from a subsea template to the Gjøa platform for processing and export. Gjøa would also provide gas lift services to the field and water injection for pressure support to a second template. Power for the Nova field comes via the Gjoa platform from shore. First oil from Skarfjell is targeted in 2021 and plateau production should reach 50,000 bpd.
Operators:
Wintershall: Operator with 35% interest
Bayerngas: 20% interest
Agora: 20% interest
Edison International Norway Branch: 15% interest
RWE Dea Norge AS: 10% interest
Contractors:
Seadrill: Rig contract for West Mira drilling rig
Aker Solutions: Subsea Production System (SPS) contract
Subsea 7: Pipeline and Subsea Construction (PSC) contract
Songa Offshore AS (Norway): Mobile facility
Transocean: Drilling contractor using Transocean Arctic
DNV GL: Selected by Wintershall Norge AS to provide a frame agreement for global inspection services for its developments offshore Norway. The overall contract is expected to exceed NOK 10 million (approx US$1.2 million). The term of the contract is five years, with an option for two, two-year extensions and covers all Wintershall’s projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). It will initially be used for the ongoing Maria development. DNV GL will perform inspection, test and surveillance activities on a worldwide basis as instructed by Wintershall Norge AS. The scope of services includes: review of the Inspection and Test Plan (ITP), examination of materials, products, manufacturing processes, work procedures and/or services at Wintershall’s contractor’s premises. DNV GL will also examine contractor’s procedures, documents, quality performance and compliance with governing standards and specifications. The frame agreement will be coordinated by the DNV GL Stavanger office with resources from the Inspection Division. Inspection and surveillance work is planned to be carried out across a number of locations including Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway and Malaysia, where subsea equipment components and structures will be manufactured. The contract is expected to run until the end of 2018, with a potential value of 30 million NOK (approx US$3.95 million).
Tendeka: Won a four-year contract with Wintershall Norge AS with a further four-year extension option. The company has been selected to supply sand screens for wells in the Maria, Brage, Skarfjell and Vega field developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract includes the supply of Tendeka’s FloMax premium mesh sand screen, which uses a multi-layer design for sand retention and fines tolerance and its FloRight screen with inflow control device (ICD), which enables uniform production or injection along the entire payzone on the well. (June 2016)