Alpha North production begins in North Sea

Oct. 13, 2004
Production began Oct. 11 from the Alpha North gas and condensate structure on Statoil ASA's Sleipner West field in the North Sea, 18 km northwest of the Sleipner platforms.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Oct. 13 -- Production began Oct. 11 from the Alpha North gas and condensate structure on Statoil ASA's Sleipner West field in the North Sea, 18 km northwest of the Sleipner platforms.

The 2.3 billion kroner development was brought on stream with one subsea template and four wells. A 16-in. pipeline transfers the wellstream to the Sleipner T gas treatment installation on Sleipner East for processing.

Recoverable reserves in the satellite structure are estimated at 13 billion cu m of gas and 32 million bbl of condensate.

Licensees on Sleipner West are operator Statoil, with a 49.5% holding, ExxonMobil Corp. 32.34%, Total SA 9.41%, and Norsk Hydro AS 8.85%.