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29 Dec 2009

Major Upgrade on Snorre

"Snorre has the largest remaining reserves of Statoil’s fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). A number of extensive modifications have been carried out in recent years to make the installations more robust for increased production and an extended lifetime up until the year 2040,” said Torstein Hole, senior vice president, Operations West in Exploration and Production Norway. “We are the NCS field carrying out most modifications in 2009-10. Total capital expenditure for Snorre in 2009 and 2010 amounts to NOK 5 billion, of which health, safety and environmental measures account for over 50 per cent,” said Hole. He adds that 2010 will be another year with a high level of activity on Snorre. In the summer of 2010 the flotel “Safe Scandinavia” will arrive at Snorre A.

21 Jul 2009

Tune South Starts Production

StatoilHydro started production from the Tune South satellite well on Saturday 18 July. The satellite is tied back to the Oseberg field centre via the Tune subsea template. "Output from Tune South is expected to be 1.4 million standard cubic metres of gas per day," said Torstein Hole, senior vice president of the operations west business cluster in StatoilHydro. "In its first year of production, Tune South will account for 10% of the gas exported from the Oseberg field centre. Tune South is developed as a satellite well tied back to the Tune subsea template, 10 kilometres south-west of the Oseberg field centre in the North Sea. "Tune South utilises free capacity in the existing infrastructure of the Oseberg area. That makes maximum use of the resources in the area," said Hole.

15 Jul 2009

StatoilHydro Investigates Fatal Accident

StatoilHydro and the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) are inquiring into a death on Oseberg B on May 7. StatoilHydro has received the PSA’s investigation report into the North Sea incident, which resulted in the loss of a scaffolder’s life. Representatives from the management and workforce in the group as well as at contractors Aibel and STS will now examine all relevant conditions. This will be followed by the establishment of a detailed action plan within the deadlines set both by StatoilHydro and by the PSA. “Together with the relevant contractors, we’ll be taking the necessary steps to avoid a repetition of such tragic accidents,” says Torstein Hole, senior vice president for the operations west business cluster in StatoilHydro.