Statoil AS and its partners have committed 5 billion kroner and started work on the next steps in the development of Snohvit field in the Barents Sea. Development of Askeladd field is the second phase of the multiphased Snohvit development, which will provide feedstock for the LNG plant at Melkoya in Hammerfest.
The Askeladd development will supply 21 billion cu m of gas and 2 million cu m of condensate to Hammerfest LNG, and production is scheduled to come on stream in late 2020.
“Askeladd will help maintain a plateau production rate at the Hammerfest LNG plant until 2023,” said Torger Rod, Statoil’s senior vice-president for project development, but the perspective for Snohvit and Hammerfest LNG is much longer.
“The Snohvit license contains enough gas to maintain production beyond 2050,” said Per Henry Gonsholt, acting production director at Hammerfest LNG.
Askeladd will be developed with three wells via two subsea templates from Aker Solutions with space for future additional wells. Infrastructure will be installed to tie-in the Askeladd development to existing Snohvit field infrastructure. Additional contracts will be awarded in the coming months.
Project partners are operator Statoil 36.79%, Petoro 30%, Total E&P Norge 18.4%, GDF Suez E&P Norge 12%, and RWE Dea Norge 2.81%.
