StatoilHydro’s PDO for Morvin field

The Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was today submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

The extreme pressure and temperature in the Morvin field represents a technological challenge and I am very pleased that we have come up with a good solution, says Knut Gjertsen, project manager.

The pressure in the reservoir is more than 800 bar, and the temperature of the oil that is produced is as high as 150 degrees centigrade.

The conditions on the neighbouring field Kristin are similar.

It is thus possible to build on technology used for this field – which is the most demanding offshore development on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) so far with regard to reservoir pressure and temperature.

The experience from Kristin has proved very useful, the project manager emphasises.