Neptune Energy plc announced that drilling had begun on four production wells on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.
FINAL PHASE
The company said that the wells were being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig, operated by Odfjell Drilling.
The Fenja development consists of two subsea templates tied back to the Njord A platform via a production pipeline, water and gas injection pipelines and an umbilical.
The wells are planned as two oil producers, one water injector and a gas injector. The gas injector will be converted to a gas producer towards the end of field life.
Neptune Energy’s director of projects & engineering in Norway, Erik Oppedal, added that this was the final phase of the Fenja development project.
“Norway is an important part of Neptune’s geographically-diverse portfolio and this is an excellent example of the company’s commitment to investing in the region.”
PRODUCTION
The Deepsea Yantai will drill into the reservoir sections, install the lower completions and execute well clean-up activities. The drilling work is estimated to take approximately 160 days.
Fenja is scheduled to come online in the first half of 2023 and will produce approximately 28,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at plateau.
FENJA
The Fenja oil and gas field lies at a water depth of 325 metres around 36km southwest of the Equinor-operated Njord A platform which will receive the Fenja fluids.
Neptune holds a 22.5% owner share in Njord A which is located 120km north of Kristiansund.
Fenja partners include Neptune Energy (operator, 30%), Vår Energi, (45%), Suncor Energy (17.5%), DNO (7.5%).