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#Norway draugen license

Draugen was the first oil field to go into production north of Stad and was taken over by OKEA in 2018.

It was discovered in 1984 by Shell, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1988. The Draugen drill is based on incidents in the Draugen field, where the operator is OKEA, and Petoro AS and M Vest Energy are licensed partners.ĭraugen is an oil field with associated gas in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Oil from the Draugen field would not make landfall in these areas, but it is important that the IUAs in the respective areas have a chance to practice their oil spill response, which is why these areas are being incorporated. The drill starts one week into the incident, in phase 3, and hence does not cover the first hectic hours of notification routines, etc.ĭuring the exercise, the simulated oil (in the form of popcorn) will drift northwards with the coastal current, threatening to make landfall in the area around Ofoten, Sør-Troms, Lofoten, Vesterålen, Salten, and Rana. The scenario for the drill is an imaginary incident with a prolonged and even flow of oil. NOFO, OKEA, and OFFB are conducting the drill as a joint exercise, with the shared objective of practicing teamwork and communication within and between preparedness levels for dealing with a prolonged incident.

This is a full-scale exercise that will encompass all levels of command in an oil spill response operation, resources in the field as well as NOFO, OKEA, and OFFB’s leadership in prolonged incidents It is important that tools, expertise, and communications have all been tested and drilled.

What type of equipment is being tested?Īlthough no oil from activities on the Norwegian continental shelf has ever made landfall, NOFO’s task is to ensure that all the parties involved know what they have to do should this happen in the future.

Why are we organizing the Draugen drill?.

Personnel will practice their oil spill response in the areas from Haltenbanken west of Trondheim to the north of Vesterålen. The exercise is based on an imaginary scenario in connection with the drilling of an exploration well in the Draugen field, north of Stad. The well was drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig owned by CIMC and operated by Odfjell Drilling.The Draugen drill will take place from 21 to 23 March 2023. Well 6407/8-8S was drilled to a vertical depth of 3496 metres and encountered an estimated 8 metre thick gas column and 30-metre thick oil column in a 131 metres thick Garn Formation sandstone reservoir, of good to very good quality. The Calypso discovery is located 14 kilometres north-west of the Draugen field and 22 kilometres north-east of the Njord A platform. Pandion Energy is also partner in the Neptune Energy operated Ofelia discovery in the North Sea announced in August ( link). “We would like to congratulate both the operator Neptune Energy and the Deepsea Yantai team on yet another successful drilling operation.”

#Norway draugen license

The partners in the Calypso license will now study options to effectively develop the discovery using nearby infrastructure.

Pandion Energy actively targets near field exploration opportunities which allow for low cost and low carbon developments. This is our fifth consecutive discovery in mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf. VP Exploration & Appraisal, Bente Flakstad Vold stated the following: Preliminary volume estimates are between 1 and 3.5 million standard cubic meters (MSm3) of recoverable oil equivalents, corresponding to 6-22 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

Pandion Energy holds a 20 per cent participating interest in the license which is operated by Neptune Energy. A new discovery with commercial potential was announced today following drilling on the Calypso prospect in PL 938 in the Norwegian Sea.