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The Snøhvit project, operated by StatoilHydro, is the first offshore development in the Barents Sea. Unique in its kind, the field brings natural gas to land for liquefaction. The project LNG plant at Melkøya, near the town of Hammerfest, is the first plant of its kind in Europe and the world’s northernmost liquefied natural gas facility.
Snøhvit is the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf with no surface installations. Subsea production facilities stand on the seabed, in water depths of 250-345 metres. The gas is transported to land through a 143-kilometre pipeline.
The field has 93 billion cubic metres of natural gas resources,
113 million barrels of condensate, corresponding to 17,9 million cubic metres
5,1 million tonnes of natural gas liquids (NGL)
The production period is 2007-2035. Project stakeholders are StatoilHydro (33,53%), Petoro (30%), Total E&P Norge (18,40%), Gaz de France (12%), Hess (3,26%), RWE Dea Norge (2,81%).
Snøhvit CO2 reservoirs with little capacity
The Melkøya LNG plant (Wikipedia)
The reservoirs for CO2 storage in the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea have less capacity than expected.
Operator Statoil now work intensively to find alternative solutions for getting more CO2 into the reservoir, TU.no reports.
-What we have seen is that the pressure in the reservoir increases more than anticipated when the CO2 is injected, company press spokesman Gisle Johanson says. -This makes the storage capacity less than we had anticipated.
Statoil now intends to well intervention technology to break up the geological formations. Another alternative is to drill a new well, Mr. Johansen confirms.
The Snøhvit project is the first hydrocarbon field in production in the Barents Sea and has the northernmost LNG plant in the world. Operator Statoil has had serious technical problems with the project, something which has resulted in CO2 emission far above the original plans.
-What we have seen is that the pressure in the reservoir increases more than anticipated when the CO2 is injected, company press spokesman Gisle Johanson says. -This makes the storage capacity less than we had anticipated.
Statoil now intends to well intervention technology to break up the geological formations. Another alternative is to drill a new well, Mr. Johansen confirms.
The Snøhvit project is the first hydrocarbon field in production in the Barents Sea and has the northernmost LNG plant in the world. Operator Statoil has had serious technical problems with the project, something which has resulted in CO2 emission far above the original plans.
