Wintershall Dea Norge has awarded a contract to Saipem for the use of the Scarabeo 8 rig to finalize the drilling campaign of six wells at Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Scarabeo 8 is expected to start operations for Wintershall Dea in this year’s fourth quarter. The contract also includes options to drill additional Wintershall Dea operated wells.
In February, the operator completed a low-emission top-hole drilling campaign to advance the program (OGJ Online, Feb. 11, 2021).
Nova is being developed as a subsea tieback connecting two templates to the existing Neptune Energy-operated Gjøa platform. Gjøa will receive production fluids and provide injection water and lift gas to Nova field. Oil from Nova will be transported from Gjøa through the Troll Oil Pipeline II to Mongstad, and associated gas will be exported via the Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (FLAGS) pipeline to St. Fergus, UK, supplying the European energy market.
Wintershall Dea is operator at Nova (45%), with partners Spirit Energy Norge AS (20%), Edison Norge AS (15%), Sval Energi AS (10%), and ONE-Dyas Norge AS (10%).