New oil discovery close to Barents Sea Johan Castberg field
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Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord, exploration well 7220/8-2 S, by the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.
Facts about Johan Castberg
- The Johan Castberg field is located in the Barents Sea, approx. 100 kilometres north of the Snøhvit field and 240 kilometres from Melkøya.
- The water depth is 360-390 metres.
- Johan Castberg consists of the Skrugard, Havis and Drivis discoveries.
- Estimated recoverable volumes are between 450 and 650 million barrels of oil equivalent.
- The Johan Castberg production vessel and subsea facility have been designed for producing 190 000 barrels per day and for a life of 30 years.
- The field development comprises a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel and an extensive subsea development with a total of 30 wells distributed on 10 templates and 2 satellite structures.
- Johan Castberg will have a supply and helicopter base in Hammerfest and an operations organisation in Harstad.
- The Johan Castberg FPSO arrived in Norway on 8 April. It is currently anchored at Aker Solutions’ quay on Stord, where the turret and process modules will be installed during the spring and summer. Then they will be connected, and everything will be commissioned and tested.
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