Wintershall Dea 已向挪威石油和能源部提交了 Dvalin North 气田开发和运营计划 (PDO)。

“在发现后一年才承诺开发的情况非常罕见，但这表明我们决心通过在挪威的重大投资向欧洲供应天然气，”Wintershall Dea 首席运营官 Dawn Summers 表示。

该油田是挪威 2021 年最大的发现，位于挪威大陆架，水深 420 m，估计储量为 84 MMboe。天然气将通过 Polarled 管道出口到挪威中部克里斯蒂安松附近的尼哈姆纳 (Nyhamna)。

Dvalin North 的生产将与 Equinor 运营的位于挪威海的 Heidrun 平台联系起来。

“我们坚信利用智能海底工程为欧洲市场提供重要燃料，”Wintershall Dea Norge 总经理 Michael Zechner 表示。

Dvalin North 合作伙伴将投入约 7.8 亿欧元（80 亿挪威克朗）来开发这一发现，从位于现有 Dvalin 油田以北 10 公里处的单个海底模板钻探三口生产井。Dvalin 预计将在未来几个月内投入生产。Dvalin North 计划于 2026 年底启动。

Wintershall Dea 在 2021 年 5 月宣布这一发现时估计，位于该公司运营的 Dvalin 油田以北 12 公里处的 Dvalin North 的地层温度在 33 MMboe 到 70 MMboe 之间。该井还在两个较浅的次要目标中发现了碳氢化合物，综合资源量估计为 38 MMboe-87 MMboe。

当时，Wintershall Dea 首席技术官 Hugo Dijkgraaf 指出，该发现的位置靠近现有运营和非运营基础设施。

“这一重要发现支持了我们主要投资于基础设施主导的勘探活动的战略，这将与现有油田产生协同效应，”Dijkgraaf 说。

Deepsea Aberdeen 在 PL 211 钻探了该井。

Wintershall Dea 代表许可合作伙伴 Petoro 和 Sval Energi 运营 PL 211 的 Dvalin North 发现区，拥有 55% 的股份。

Wintershall Dea has submitted its Dvalin North gas field plan for development and operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

“Committing to a development only the year after discovery is very rare but shows our determination to supply natural gas to Europe through a major investment in Norway,” Wintershall Dea COO Dawn Summers said.

The field – the largest Norwegian discovery in 2021 – is on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 420 m water depth and holds an estimated 84 MMboe. Gas will be exported via the Polarled pipeline to Nyhamna near Kristiansund in midland Norway.

Dvalin North production will tie back to the Equinor-operated Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Sea.

“We are a firm believer in using smart, subsea engineering to supply the European market with vital fuel,” Wintershall Dea Norge MD Michael Zechner said.

The Dvalin North partners will commit approximately $780 million Euro (8 billion NOK) to develop the discovery, drilling three producing wells from a single subsea template located 10 km to the north of the existing Dvalin field. Dvalin is forecast to come into production in the coming months. Dvalin North is scheduled for planned start-up late 2026.

In announcing the discovery in May 2021, Wintershall Dea estimated that Dvalin North, 12 km north of the company’s operated Dvalin field, held between 33 MMboe and 70 MMboe. The well also encountered hydrocarbons in two shallower secondary targets, with a combined resource estimate of 38 MMboe-87 MMboe.

At the time, Wintershall Dea chief technology officer Hugo Dijkgraaf noted the discovery’s location near existing operated and non-operated infrastructure.

“This important find supports our strategy of primarily investing in infrastructure-led exploration activity which will yield synergies with existing fields,” Dijkgraaf said.

The Deepsea Aberdeen drilled the well in PL 211.

Wintershall Dea operates the Dvalin North discovery in PL 211 with a 55% share on behalf of license partners Petoro and Sval Energi.