Repsol Norge has been granted consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for life extension of Blane field. The field is part of production license (PL) 143 BS, 35 km southwest of Ula field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea in 70 m of water.
The license, previously valid until this year’s fourth quarter, has been extended to July 8, 2027. Until 2019, the field was produced with pressure support from injection of produced water from Blane, Tambar, and Ula fields. It is now produced by pressure depletion. Gas lift is also used.
Blane produces from Paleocene sandstone in the Forties formation. The reservoir is of moderate to good quality and lies at a depth of 3,100 m. The well stream is transported by pipeline to Aker BP-operated Ula field for processing, and oil is exported further to Teesside in the UK.
