By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 21 -- Statoil SA reported Tuesday it has begun production 2 months early from Vigdis field which it tied back to its existing Snorre A platform facilities in the North Sea. The extension eventually will recover about 50 million bbl of oil from Vigdis field.
At start-up, one well is producing 12,000 b/d of oil, Statoil said, and plateau output from three wells is expected to be 57,000 b/d. Six wells eventually will connect to four seabed templates.
The project was sanctioned while Norsk Hydro SA operated Vigdis. Statoil became field operator Jan. 1 and completed the development, including drilling (OGJ Online, May 20, 2002). To ensure continuity, Hydro personnel remained a part of Statoil's project team.