Project Profile
Value: US$482 million
Water Depth: 282 metres
Reserves: 73 mmboe
Start-up Year: November 2013
Bauge Field, formerly known as Snilehorn, is an oil field located in block 6407/8 of production license PL348 in the Norwegian North Sea. The field lies in 282m of water, approximately 15km east of the Njord field and 15km west of the Draugen field. Bauge field was discovered in November 2013 by the 6407 / 8-6 wildcat exploration well, which was drilled to test the early-to-Middle Jurassic age reservoirs in the Åre and Tilje formations. The discovery well was drilled to a depth of 3,420m, and the discovery was the first to prove oil in the Grey-Beds formation. A 130m-thick oil column was encountered in the Tilje formation, while a 40m-thick oil column was struck in the Ile formation. The well also encountered a 21m-thick oil column in the Triassic Grey-Beds formation.
A side-track appraisal well, 6407/8-6 A, was drilled to further evaluate the discovery. The well was drilled to a depth of 3,537m, and encountered a 6m-thick oil column in the Melke formation, a 75m-thick oil column in the Ile formation and a 43m-thick oil column in the Tilje formation. Both the discovery and appraisal wells were drilled by the Songa Trym semi-submersible drilling rig. Bauge is part of the Halten Terrace area of the Norwegian Sea, which is characterised by a number of fault compartments and seismic anomalies. The field is estimated to contain 73 million barrels of oil equivalent. The Bauge field is planned to be developed as a tie-back to the Njord A platform, with first production expected in 2020. The estimated cost of developing the field is NOK4.1bn (US$482m). Equinor will deploy its next-generation Cap-X subsea production system for the first time at the Bauge field.
Operators:
Equinor (formerly Statoil): Operator with 35% interest
DEA Norge AS: 27.5% interest
Faroe Petroleum: 7.5% interest
Point Resources: 17.5% interest
Neptune Energy: 12.5% interest
Contractors:
Aker Solutions: Well services
FMC Technologies: Subsea production equipment
Technip: Flowlines and subsea equipment, and tie-in new risers and umbilicals
Sub Contractors:
Grenland Group: Integrated template structure and one manifold for FMC Technologies
Nexans: Static and dynamic subsea umbilicals