Gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea
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The Aasta Hansteen platform in the Norwegian Sea.
(Photo: Woldcam / Equinor)
Equinor and partners Wintershall Dea and Petoro have made a commercial gas discovery in production licence 1128 estimated at between two and eleven billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas, or about 12.6-69.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Facts about Irpa
- The discovery: Irpa (formerly Asterix (6705/10-1) is a gas discovery in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea, about 80 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen platform.
- Proven in 2009 the recoverable reserves in the discovery include19.3 billion Sm3 of gas and 0.4 million Sm3 of condensate, a total of some 124 million barrels of oil equivalent.
- Partners: Equinor Energy AS (operator) 51%, Wintershall DEA (19%), Petoro (20%), Shell (10%).
- The Irpa discovery will be developed through three wells and an 80-kilometre pipeline to Aasta Hansteen.
- The water depth is 1350 metres.
- Estimated working hours offshore during development and modifications: 294,000.
- PDO submission: November 2022.
- The capital expenditure totals NOK 14.8 billion (2022).
- Irpa will extend the life of Aasta Hansteen by seven years, from 2032 to 2039.