Verdande is primarily an oil field with some associated gas. It comprises the Cape Vulture and Alve Nord East discoveries, proven in 2017 and 2020, respectively, and contains 36 million bbl of reserves. The field has been developed with three wells in a template tied back to the Norne field FPSO via pipeline.
Six subsea fields tie back to the Norne FPSO, including Andvare, which started in September, and now Verdande.
Equinor Energy AS is operator at (59.3%) with partners Petoro AS (22.4%), DNO Norge AS (10.5%), Aker BP ASA (3.5%), Japex Norge AS (3.5%) and Orlen Upstream Norway AS (0.8%).
DNO Norge AS previously agreed to acquire Aker BP ASA’s and Orlen Upstream Norway AS’s equity interests, subject to government approval.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
