ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has been granted approval by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start-up Tommeliten A gas and condensate field in production license (PL) 044 in the North Sea. COP estimates that around 24 million std cu m (150 million bbl) of oil equivalent can be recovered from the field.
Tommeliten A is transboundary southwest of Ekofisk field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector with a marginal share on the UK shelf. The field contains two subsea templates with enough space to accommodate 12 wells. Tommeliten A will include 11 development wells, seven of which will be completed as of start-up. The operator expects to complete the four remaining wells during first-quarter 2024. The twelfth well slot will be reserved as a potential future replacement well.
The wellstream will be routed to Ekofisk for further processing and export. The gas will be exported to Emden in Germany, while oil and wet gas will be routed via pipeline to Teesside in the United Kingdom.
Investment in Tommeliten A development will be about NOK 13 billion. The plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2022, and the discovery was made in 1977.
COP expects the field to come on stream this month.
ConocoPhillips is operator at Tommeliten A (28.14%) with partners PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (42.20%), TotalEnergies EP Norge AS (20.14%), Vår Energi ASA (9.09), ConocoPhillips (UK) Holdings Ltd. (0.21%), TotalEnergies E&P UK Ltd. (0.15%), and Eni UK Ltd. (0.07%).