By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 7 -- Total SA has received development approval from the UK Department of Trade and Industry for Forvie North gas and condensate field on North Sea Block 3/15, 440 km northeast of Aberdeen.
Forvie North is 100% owned and operated by Total. It will be developed as a satellite to nearby Alwyn North.
Production is expected in late 2005. At plateau, the field will produce 18.6 million b/d of oil equivalent.
A new high-pressure gas-condensate pipeline link will be built from Forvie to Alwyn North. The Forvie subsea system has expansion capacity to allow the tie-in of additional wells.
