Production pétrolière en Norvège

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Le richissime fonds norvégien a fait 100 milliards d’euros de profit au premier trimestre

19 avril 2024

Les chiffres venus de Norvège donnent le tournis et peuvent faire des envieux à Bercy où les hauts fonctionnaires se creusent les méninges pour trouver 25 milliards d’euros d’économie l’an prochain. Alors que, selon les chiffres de la Cour des comptes, le budget de la France a accumulé, chaque trimestre de l’an dernier, un déficit de 43 milliards d’euros en moyenne, au cours du seul premier trimestre de 2024, le fonds souverain norvégien, lui, a encaissé une plus-value de 100 milliards d’euros.


Ce bas de laine censé assurer les dépenses futures du généreux État-providence du royaume scandinave est alimenté depuis 1996 par ses abondantes recettes pétrolières et gazières. Ce trésor est investi pour un quart en obligations et marginalement dans l’immobilier.
Le plus gros investisseur au monde

Sur ces deux types de placements, le fonds pétrolier a enregistré des pertes, de 0,4 % et 0,5 %. Mais près des trois quarts (72 %) de cette « poire pour la soif » sont placés en actions. Et les excellentes performances en Bourse des géants de la technologie ont contribué à doper son rendement, qui a dépassé 9 % pour les actions. Le Oljefondet, son nom local, est, au fil des décennies, devenu le plus gros investisseur au monde, avec des parts dans la quasi-totalité des entreprises cotées de la planète (8859 sociétés), à hauteur d’un ticket moyen de 1,5 %.

Fort de ses dernières plus-values, le fonds norvégien a accumulé, selon son site officiel, 1473 milliards d’euros. L’équivalent de plus de sept fois les dépenses annuelles de l’État norvégien ou de quoi combler plus de huit fois le déficit public de la France.

https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/finance/econo ... 6965&ei=35

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Contract signed for Norway’s first commercial offshore wind power plant

April 19, 2024 evwind

The Norwegian government has signed a contract related to the offshore wind farm in the Sørlige Nordsjø II area with Ventyr Energi, the winner of the recently held auction.

Ventyr Energi, a consortium formed by Parkwind and Ingka Investments, obtained the rights to develop the wind farm in the Sørlige Nordsjø II area with a winning bid of 1.15 Norwegian crowns (0.099 euros) per kilowatt hour.
”This marks an important milestone in Norway’s commitment to renewable energy. I firmly believe that Sørlige Nordsjø II can be a catalyst to achieve our ambitions for the offshore wind industry in Norway. This project is also an opportunity for the Norwegian supplier industry to play a central role in a new industrial era,” said Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland.



The Ventyr Energi consortium also maintains a strategic partnership with the NorSea group, based in Norway.

The Norwegian government’s ambition is to allocate areas for 30,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2040. In 2020, the first areas of the Norwegian continental shelf were opened for offshore renewable energy production and since then authorities have worked to further develop the regulatory framework. conditions in cooperation with companies and other users of the sea.

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https://www.evwind.es/2024/04/19/contra ... lant/97974

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Norway Oil and Gas Output Up in March

by Jov Onsat|Rigzone Staff | Monday, April 22, 2024

Norway produced 2.1 million barrels of petroleum, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and condensate per day last month, up from the prior month and the corresponding period a year ago, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate has reported.

The figure exceeded the forecast by 2.4 percent, the report showed. Daily oil output averaged 1.8 million barrels, while average daily NGL production stood at 223,000 barrels and condensate at 20,000 barrels.

Gas production totaled 364.5 million cubic meters (12.9 billion cubic feet) a day. While that was up from February, gas sales in March fell month-on-month by 900 million cubic meters (31.8 billion cubic feet) to 11.3 billion cubic meters (399.1 billion cubic feet), according to the official figures.

Last year, Norway continued to be Europe’s biggest supplier of natural gas accounting for 30.3 percent, having overtaken Russia since the latter’s invasion of Ukraine 2022, according to European Union figures.

This year, the directorate expects “high activity” that was seen 2023 on the Norwegian continental shelf to continue, it said in a report January 11, 2024.

Production Ramp-Up in Barents Sea

Last Wednesday the directorate said three fields in the Barents Sea were expected to start producing by the end of 2024.

"It took a lot of good decisions to get where we are today in the Barents Sea, and we now have the opportunity to lay a good foundation for further development of this part of the Norwegian shelf”, Torgeir Stordal, director-general of the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, told the Barents Sea Conference, as quoted in an official press release.

The release stated, “Forecasts indicate that production on the Norwegian shelf will peak in 2025”.

“Johan Castberg coming on stream is one of the contributing factors”, the directorate said in the news release. The field is operated by Norway’s majority state-owned Equinor ASA with a 50 percent stake.

“Good infrastructure is the proven key to high and long-term value creation throughout the shelf”, the directorate added. “This is why it is important that major new field developments contribute to good, comprehensive area solutions. This means that minor discoveries can be tied back, and it will also stimulate new exploration activity”.

“Wisting is the next major development in the Barents Sea that can contribute new infrastructure”, it said referring to another Equinor-operated field. “This is a strategically important project where the authorities expect the licensees to facilitate a good area solution.

“Both Goliat, Johan Castberg, and most likely also Wisting, will eventually need gas offtake and the authorities are concerned with ensuring good coordination among companies and good joint solutions”.

While Equinor is also an owner in Goliat with a 35 percent interest, the operator is Var Energi ASA with a 65 percent stake.

The directorate said Norway’s gas exports to Europe could be maintained at the current level through 2030 but that after the decade, deliveries could decline. “This is why more gas discoveries need to be developed”, it said in the press release. “Increased export capacity from the Barents Sea could be an important contribution.

“Studies are under way on how to potentially expand export capacity from the Barents Sea”.

The directorate expects eight to 10 exploration wells will be drilled in the Barents Sea this year.

Eight of the 62 production licenses that the Norwegian Energy Ministry awarded for the Awards in Predefined Areas 2023 round are in the Barents Sea.

“Last year, I specifically encouraged companies to explore opportunities in the Barents Sea”, Energy Minister Terje Aasland said in a media release January 16, 2024, announcing the results. “This year we are offering more than double the number of production licenses in this region compared to last year's round”.

https://www.rigzone.com/news/norway_oil ... 3-article/

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Norway Plans to Develop a New $570-Million Oil and Gas Field

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 30, 2024,

Norway’s Energy Minister Terje Aasland has received the field development plan for a new North Sea oil and gas field that will be tied back to an existing platform and is expected to cost $572 million (6.3 billion Norwegian crowns).

The field operator, OKEA, has submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the oil and gas field Bestla, to be tied back to the Brage platform, which would extend the life of the Brage field, the Norwegian Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, operator OKEA and its partners in the Brasse field renamed it Bestla and took the final investment decision to proceed with the Bestla development in a tie-back to the nearby production facilities of the Brage field.

The planned start of oil and gas production for Bestla is in the first half of 2027, while expected recoverable resources are estimated at 24 million barrels of oil equivalent, the Norwegian ministry said.

Bestla’s is the first field development plan submitted to the minister this year.

“The world will need oil and gas for many years to come, so it is important that companies continue to develop new projects and help sustain long-term petroleum activity on the continental shelf,” Minister Aasland said in a statement.
Oil and gas companies plan to boost exploration activity and spending offshore Norway this year as Western Europe’s top oil and gas producer looks to maintain production and raise exports to the rest of Europe.

Total investments in oil and gas activity offshore Norway, including pipeline transportation, are estimated to hit $23 billion (244 billion crowns) in 2024, up by 5% compared to last quarter’s assessment, Statistics Norway said earlier this year.


“The reason for the large investments in oil and gas industry is mainly due to a strong increase in investments in field development, with an increase of 52 percent in 2023 compared to 2022,” said Ståle Mæland, senior advisor at Statistics Norway.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News ... Field.html

572 millions de dollars pour 24 millions de barils espérés ca fait du 23.8 dollars d'investissement par baril.

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Petit regard sur les statistiques norvégiennes. En 2023, la production moyenne annuelle était de 1.8 Mb/j. C'est la plus élevée depuis 2010 où c'était à peu près équivalent. En 2022, la production moyenne était de 1.7 Mb/j. Le gros boost vient de Johan Sverdrup, dont la production était 711 kb/j en 2023, contre 500 kb/j en 2022. 40% de la production norvégienne repose sur ce champ, l'ensemble des autres étant globalement en déclin. Sans ce champ ouvert en 2019, la production norvégienne serait à 1.1 Mb/j, son niveau de 1988.

En 2024, la production de Johan Castberg devrait débuter. C'est pas un énorme champ, mais il devrait permettre de maintenir la production norvégienne au niveau actuel, vu que la prod de Johan Sverdrup ne va plus augmenter et que les autres champs vont continuer à décliner.

Un truc que je trouve intéressant. En 2019, il y avait ~10 champs dont la production était de 50kb/j ou plus. En 2023, ça s'est réduit à 4 champs. Il y a une augmentation du nombre de petits champs qui produisent.

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Paradis de l’hydroélectricité, la Norvège s’intéresse à l’énergie nucléaire
La Norvège va-t-elle céder au chant des sirènes du nucléaire ? C’est de plus en plus probable. Outre un soutien public grandissant, le pays vient de lancer une enquête pour étudier un possible recours à l’atome afin d’accélérer la décarbonation du pays.

Kevin CHAMPEAU 27 Mai 2024

Le ministère norvégien de l’Énergie vient de lancer une enquête publique portant sur une potentielle intégration de l’énergie nucléaire dans le mix énergétique de la Norvège. L’enquête vise à montrer en quoi l’énergie nucléaire pourrait répondre aux besoins énergétiques de la Norvège d’ici une vingtaine d’années, et devra décrire les contours d’un programme nucléaire norvégien en abordant les thématiques de la sécurité énergétique, ou encore de la gestion des déchets nucléaires. Cette enquête surprend de prime abord, elle témoigne d’une ouverture de plus en plus marquée du pays pour l’énergie atomique.

Selon un sondage Ipsos, ce soutien au nucléaire est ainsi passé de 2 % en 2017 à 29 % à l’heure actuelle. Cette tendance marque un changement de mentalité dans un pays qui n’a jamais eu de centrale nucléaire commerciale. Seuls quelques réacteurs de recherche ont été mis en service depuis les années 1960. Si les résultats de cette enquête ne sont attendus que dans deux ans, certains acteurs industriels norvégiens sont déjà dans les starting-blocks. C’est notamment le cas du développeur Norsk Kjernekraft, qui projette de construire deux réacteurs SMR dans les villes d’Heim, et d’Aure, pour une puissance totale de 1,5 GW.

La Norvège émet plus de CO2 qu’on ne le pense

La Norvège brille par un mix électrique exceptionnellement bas-carbone, grâce à la prédominance de l’énergie hydraulique qui produit 88,1 % (chiffre de 2022) de l’électricité du pays. Elle est suivie par l’éolien avec 10,1 %, tandis que les centrales thermiques jouent un rôle anecdotique, en fournissant 1 % de l’électricité du pays. Malgré ce mix électrique, le pays n’est pas exempt d’émissions de CO2. Son mix énergétique est, lui, dominé à 54 % par les énergies fossiles. La part d’énergie fossile y est plus importante qu’en France. De plus, la consommation d’énergie primaire par habitant y est 63 % plus élevée qu’en France.

Associé à sa production hydroélectrique, le recours au nucléaire permettrait à la Norvège d’accélérer l’électrification des usages, et en particulier du transport. Sur ce secteur, le pays est déjà un exemple du genre avec plus de 100 000 immatriculations de voitures électriques en 2022, soit 82 % des voitures neuves vendues cette année-là.

https://www.revolution-energetique.com/ ... nucleaire/

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Norway Raises Projected Oil and Gas Investments for 2025 to $21B

by Jov Onsat|Rigzone Staff | Friday, May 31, 2024

Statistics Norway has increased the country’s forecast oil and gas investments next year by 5.2 percent to NOK 216 billion ($20.5 billion) compared to the previous quarterly survey.

The upward adjustment was driven by higher growth estimates for field development and exploration, the government agency reported on its website.
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https://www.rigzone.com/news/norway_rai ... 1-article/

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Nuclear power plant proposed for north-eastern Norway

14 June 2024

Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Energy for an assessment into the construction of a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in the county of Finnmark. The company said it marks the first step in the formal process to establish a nuclear power plant there.


In April last year, the municipality of Vardø in Finnmark proposed nearby Svartnes as a possible site for a nuclear power plant to Norsk Kjernekraft, which aims to build, own and operate SMR power plants in Norway in collaboration with power-intensive industry. Vardø municipality and Norsk Kjernekraft entered into an agreement to prepare a report with proposals for a study programme in June 2023.

In collaboration with Vardø, Norsk Kjernekraft has mapped the energy situation in Finnmark, and considered the local conditions at Svartnes. Based on this, a nuclear power plant is proposed with a capacity of up to 600 MWe and an annual output of up to 5 TWh - "enough to triple the power supply in Finnmark".

Norsk Kjernekraft said the report it has now submitted to the Ministry of Energy "describes local conditions for the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant at Svartnes outside Vardø, and which topics will be described in a future impact assessment. The available information suggests that the location is suitable for the purpose."

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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Arti ... astern-Nor

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Var Energi Makes Commercial Discovery in Cerisa Offshore Norway

by Rocky Teodoro|Rigzone Staff | Monday, July 01, 2024

Vår Energi ASA has reported a successful discovery at its operated Cerisa exploration well in production license PL 636 offshore Norway.

Var Energi confirmed estimated gross recoverable resources of between 18 million and 39 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe), the company said in a news release.

The company remarked that this is the fourth discovery in a row close to the partly electrified Vår Energi operated Gjøa platform. Together with previous discoveries in Gjøa North and Ofelia/Kyrre, Cerisa is a candidate to be tied into the Gjøa field by use of existing infrastructure in the area. Combined, the discoveries have estimated gross recoverable resources of up to 110 MMboe, according to the release.
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La Norvège sort les muscles avec ce chantier titanesque (le plus important d’Europe) faisant intervenir plus grand navire-grue du monde pour son champ pétrolifère

Shirley Taieb 6 juillet 2024

Le navire-grue le plus imposant au monde vient de réaliser une prouesse technique en installant un “jacket” de 90 mètres de haut dans le champ pétrolier de Valhall sur le plateau continental norvégien (NCS). Ce projet ambitieux vise à prolonger la durée de vie de ce champ pour quarante années supplémentaires, promettant de nouvelles réserves et des avantages économiques considérables.


Le “jacket”, une structure métallique essentielle pour le soutien des plates-formes pétrolières, a été positionné avec précision par Heerema Marine Contractors, un entrepreneur maritime néerlandais. Cette opération s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet de développement Valhall PWP-Fenris, autorisé par le ministère norvégien du Pétrole et de l’Énergie. La structure servira de fondation à un module de topside de cinq étages, mesurant 55 mètres de hauteur et pesant environ 4 800 tonnes.

L’installation de ce jacket est une étape cruciale pour l’extension du champ pétrolier de Valhall, découvert en 1975 et dont les réserves potentielles sont estimées à 230 millions de barils équivalent pétrole. Ce développement est prévu pour capter de nouvelles réserves et assurer une production continue, renforçant ainsi les bénéfices économiques pour la région et les partenaires impliqués.

Minimisation des émissions et optimisation énergétique

Le projet tire parti des systèmes existants pour minimiser les émissions de CO2 à moins de 1 kg CO2/boe, en remplaçant les turbines à gaz traditionnelles par un système alimenté depuis la terre. Cette initiative contribue non seulement à l’efficacité énergétique mais aussi à la réduction significative de l’empreinte carbone du champ.


le champ pétrolier de Valhall

Progrès et perspectives du projet

Le projet a franchi plusieurs étapes clés depuis la découpe de la première plaque d’acier en septembre 2023. Le “jacket” supportera des structures offshores importantes, incluant la future plateforme de production Valhall PWP qui sera construite à Stord et prévue pour être déplacée en été 2026. Cette plateforme fera partie intégrante du renforcement de la capacité de traitement du gaz de Valhall, augmentant ainsi les exportations de gaz vers l’Europe via le pipeline Norpipe.

Implications industrielles et avancements technologiques

La participation de Aker Solutions et ProSep dans le développement et la modification des infrastructures sous-marines pour le projet Valhall PWP-Fenris met en lumière l’évolution des technologies et des processus dans le secteur. ProSep implémente notamment son procédé CTour pour le traitement de l’eau sur la nouvelle plateforme, garantissant ainsi le respect des dernières normes réglementaires norvégiennes.

https://www.mobeez.fr/actualites/12622/ ... trolifere/

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Comme l'article au dessus est pas fichu de montrer ce navire grue de Sleipnir, le voila :

WATCH: World’s largest crane vessel installs jacket for North Sea oil project

July 4, 2024, by Melisa Čavčić

Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has ticked off another box for its oil field life extension project by putting a new jacket in the North Sea with a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) owned and operated by Heerema Marine Contractors. This milestone is part of a development project that aims to extend the life of a field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for another 40 years.


Fenris jacket and PDM installation complete; Source: Aker BP

After the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy greenlighted multiple developments, including the Valhall PWP-Fenris development, in June 2023, the project entered into the construction phase in September 2023 with the cutting of the first steel plate for Valhall PWP at Aker Solutions’ Stord yard.

Located in the southern part of the North Sea, the Valhall PWP-Fenris development includes a new centrally located production and wellhead platform linked to the Valhall field center by a bridge and an unstaffed installation at the Fenris field that will be tied back to Valhall through pipelines on the seabed.

The Fenris jacket and pre-drill module (PDM) started making their way to the Valhall field from Aker Solutions’ yard in Verdal on June 8 with three different tugboats maneuvering the giant barge out of the harbor. The journey was expected to take five days.

Once the jacket arrived at the Fenris offshore field in the Valhall area, it was installed on the seabed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir giant heavy lift vessel according to plan. With the jacket being fastened by 68-meter-long piles, the next task on the list was the installation of the PDM.

The 90-meter tall Fenris jacket was fastened with 68-meter piles and once the grout had hardened, the 800 mT PDM was lifted and welded. The first steel was cut for the utility module of the new platform at the Valhall field center in January 2024 at Worley Rosenberg’s facility in Stavanger, Norway.

While the Valhall oil field has been in production since 1982, the Valhall PWP-Fenris development project is anticipated to provide a lifeline by keeping the field in business for 40 more years. This is perceived to be one of the largest development projects on the NCS, with the total new reserves estimated at 230 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Once complete, the five-story topside module will be 55 meters tall, 32 meters wide, 54 meters long, and weigh approximately 4,800 tonnes. The Valhall PWP will be transported from Worley Rosenberg to Aker Solutions’ Stord yard for further hook-up to the production modules before sailing away in summer 2026.

According to Aker BP, the development has electrified its main power source, instead of using gas turbines, intending to leverage Valhall’s existing power-from-shore system with minimal emissions, estimated at less than 1 kg CO2/boe. The production is slated to start in 2027.

The 16,000-tonne Valhall PWP production platform for the Valhall field will be assembled at Stord, and the 9,500-tonne steel jacket will be delivered from Verdal, just like the Fenris unmanned platform. Aker Solutions’ scope covers considerable subsea and modification deliveries to the Valhall PWP-Fenris project.

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/watch-w ... l-project/

2 courtes vidéo de l'installation dans le lien.

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The Value of Norway’s Oil Fund Soars to New High of $1.7 Trillion

By Charles Kennedy - Jul 10, 2024,

For the first time in its nearly three-decade history, Norway’s oil fund, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has just exceeded the market value of 18 trillion Norwegian crowns, which equals $1.691 trillion as of Wednesday.

Government Pension Fund Global, as the Norwegian fund is officially known, was created in the 1990s and the government started transferring revenues from Norway’s oil and gas industry into the fund in 1996.
Since then, the fund has invested in equities and fixed income globally, raising its value with the returns.

In October 2019, the value of the fund exceeded 10 trillion Norwegian crowns and in May 2023, the fund’s market value topped the threshold of 15 trillion Norwegian crowns.

The weak Norwegian crown against the U.S. dollar has contributed somewhat to the new height of the fund’s value, but it is the equity investments in the U.S. stock market, in which the fund is heavily weighted, that have driven the record value, Nils Kristian Knudsen, an analyst at Handelsbanken, told Norwegian outlet FinansWatch.

For the first quarter of 2024, the fund returned 1.21 trillion crowns ($113 billion), which was the highest quarterly return in absolute terms since the fund was set up in 1996.

“Our equity investments had a very strong return in the first quarter, particularly driven by the tech sector,” Trond Grande, Deputy CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, said in April, commenting on the fund’s performance in Q1.
The Norwegian fund owns on average 1.5% of all listed companies globally. The equity investments – which account for 72.1% of the fund’s total investments – consist of ownership shares in about 9,000 companies worldwide. A total of 26% of the fund’s assets are invested in fixed income, 1.8% in unlisted real estate, and 0.1% in renewable energy infrastructure.

The fund, which is commonly referred to as ‘Norway’s oil fund’ because it was created with oil and gas revenues, is a shareholder in many large companies in the world, including Big Oil, and has the power to influence other investors with its investment decisions.

As of the end of 2023, they held stakes in 220 energy firms in 35 countries, representing 2.6% of all investments. The fund held 3.4% in BP, 2.88% in Shell, 2.42% in TotalEnergies, 1.35% in ExxonMobil, and 1% in Chevron.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News ... llion.html

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Face au déclin de la production, les compagnies pétrolières norvégiennes appelées à forer davantage
Un rapport de la Direction norvégienne de l’offshore (NOD) pousse les les compagnies pétrolières à se lancer dans des forages plus risqués pour contrer la baisse de la production attendue dans les années à venir.


La Norvège s’attend un déclin de sa production malgré des gisements offshore importants. Ici celui de Statfjord. | OLE JØRGEN BRATLAND/EQUINOR

avec AFP. Publié le 21/08/2024 Le marin


Les compagnies pétrolières et gazières norvégiennes doivent augmenter leurs investissements dans l’exploration et la production afin de ralentir un déclin attendu dans le pays dans les années à venir, a déclaré le régulateur norvégien de l’industrie pétrolière dans un rapport publié mercredi 21 août. Malgré sa position de plus grand fournisseur de gaz de l’Europe et son fleuron des hydrocarbures Equinor, la Norvège fait face à un déclin de plusieurs de ses gisements offshore et aucun nouveau développement n’est actuellement prévu pour les années 2030.

La production de pétrole et de gaz représente environ un quart du produit intérieur brut (PIB) annuel du pays, alors que la différence cumulée de revenus jusqu’en 2050 entre les estimations de production les plus élevées et les plus basses s’élève à quelque 1 400 milliards de dollars, selon le rapport de la Direction norvégienne de l’offshore (NOD). Il faut donc intensifier l’exploration et les investissements dans les champs, les découvertes et les infrastructures si l’on veut ralentir le déclin de la production , a déclaré Kjersti Dahle, responsable de la technologie et de l’analyse au sein de la direction, dans un communiqué.

Prendre plus de risques

Les compagnies pétrolières prévoient de forer plus de 40 puits d’exploration au large de la Norvège cette année, dont huit dans la mer de Barents. Mais ce n’est pas suffisant pour réduire l’ampleur du déclin (de la production) , a déclaré Kjersti Dahle. L’organisme souhaitait que les compagnies pétrolières prennent plus de risques pour forer dans les zones frontalières où les chances de faire des découvertes plus importantes sont plus élevées, a-t-elle aussi ajouté.

Si l’exploration dans la mer de Barents échoue et si peu de nouvelles découvertes sont faites ailleurs, la production de pétrole et de gaz tombera à près de zéro d’ici 2050, prévoit un scénario de la NOD.

https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/energie ... e7cc76b107

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OMV Announces Major Gas Discovery In Norwegian Sea

By Alex Kimani - Aug 23, 2024

Austria's integrated energy company OMV has announced a major natural gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea. In a statement released on Friday, OMVB said it had found preliminary estimated total recoverable natural gas volumes of up to 140 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) after completing a drilling operation in the Norwegian Sea targeting its Haydn/Monn exploration prospects. The deepwater prospect is located 300 km west of the Norwegian mainland at a water depth of 1,064m.

"This latest commercial discovery will further advance our diversification, while high-grading our portfolio in Norway. Ultimately, today's news further solidifies our position as a reliable gas supplier in Europe. It could also unlock significant potential in the area and extend the life of the Aasta Hansteen gas hub," Berislav Gašo, Executive Vice President of Energy at OMV, said. According to Berislav, OMV has a target to increase the share of gas in its production portfolio to 60% by 2030.
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https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas ... n-Sea.html

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Aker BP Starts Production at Tyrving Field in North Sea

by Rocky Teodoro|Rigzone Staff | Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Aker BP has started oil production at the Tyrving field in the Alvheim area, located in the central part of the North Sea, close to the British sector.

The Tyrving development consists of three wells and two new subsea installations, or manifolds, tied back to existing infrastructure at East Kameleon and further to the Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO), Aker BP said in a news release.

Aker BP estimates the recoverable resources in Tyrving to be approximately 25 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe).

The Tyrving development “leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim field and will increase production while reducing both unit costs and CO2 [carbon dioxide] emissions per barrel,” the company said, adding that Tyrving will operate with “exceptionally low emissions,” estimated at just 0.3 kilograms of CO2 per barrel.

Tyrving is operated by Aker BP, with Petoro and PGNiG Upstream Norway as partners.
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