The Embla oil and gas field is a high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) crude oil and associated gas producing field in the Norwegian sector of the central North Sea. Production of oil and gas started in 1993, peak oil and gas was achieved in 1994, and the field is still operational.
The field The characteristics of the Embla field reservoir are as follows. +Embla field reservoirFieldEmblaReservoirDevonian and Permian segmented sandstone and conglomerateBlock2/7-DReservoir depth, metres4,000PropertiesHigh-pressure high-temperature (160°C)Discovered1988Original recoverable reserves19.5 million Sm3 oil equivalentNow in reserve0.8 million Sm3 oil equivalent (2023)
Owners and operator The current (2024) owners of the Embla field and their respective stakes are: CompanyInterestTotalEnergies EP Norge AS39.896ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS35.112Vår Energi ASA12.388Sval Energi AS7.604Petoro AS5 The field is operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.
Infrastructure The field has been developed with an unmanned wellhead platform facility, which is remotely controlled from Eldfisk. ParameterValueBlock2/7Latitude56.333231°NLongitude3.248264°EWater depth, metres70TypeFixed steelSunstructure, tonnes3,927Topsides, tonnes2,465Legs4Export5.2 km, 14-inch pipeline to the Eldfisk S facility
Production Production started in May 1993. The production profile is as follows: YearOil (million standard m3 oil equivalentNGL (MSm3OE)Gas (MSm3OE)19930.688110.0456110.21047919941.4158890.0962690.42806719951.2726050.085680.38923619960.9985780.0718140.35524819970.7360730.0615470.29641419980.4848810.0394220.18590419990.7009030.0623540.25104620000.6368330.0612030.22531820010.4951260.0432020.08213320020.3870380.0359570.07922920030.4032080.0336410.10876720040.4003650.0400140.1587520050.2816620.0296610.13544120060.329920.0386580.15886120070.1969460.0251410.11046620080.2189540.0314350.14445620090.2244580.0315040.14530320100.1721510.0319010.15543520110.1479960.0226780.1172820120.120460.0184940.09161120130.125180.014190.06867520140.1920060.0177470.07551720150.1291990.0167230.08368420160.1543760.0200260.10205520170.1849170.0217560.10914220180.1467660.0220290.10574220190.087090.0206630.10282220200.0766640.0245850.094520210.0674070.0208130.09284120220.0705960.027620.11831720230.1723170.0451690.209868
See also Eldfisk oil and gas field Ekofisk oil field Edda oil and gas field Cod oil gas and condensate field Albuskjell oil and gas field Odin gas field Tor oil field
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