First oil from the Edvard Grieg Field in the Norwegian North Sea was achieved on Nov. 28, Lundin Petroleum AB said in a news release.

The field was developed with a steel jacket platform resting on the seabed. The topsides weigh about 22,500 tonnes and include a processing facility, utility module and living quarters.

Part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, the field was discovered in 2007 and is Lundin Petroleum’s first operated exploration well in Norway. The field is estimated to contain gross 2P reserves of 187 million barrels of oil equivalents, Lundin said. An appraisal well southeast of the field, drilled earlier this year, is anticipated to increase reserves once the year-end 2015 reserves certification process has been completed.

Most of the construction work took place in Norway, with Kværner as main contractor and a long list of Norwegian and foreign subcontractors. The engineering was conducted by Aker Solutions, the living quarters and helicopter deck were delivered by Apply Leirvik, while the jacket was constructed at Kværner Verdal. The platform deck was built at Kværner Stord and Aker Solutions in Egersund, the release said.

Statoil Petroleum has been responsible for construction and installation of the export pipelines.

Development drilling with the Rowan Viking jackup rig will resume shortly and a total of 10 production wells and four water injection wells are planned to be drilled with plateau production expected during the second half of 2016, the release said. Drilling of the development wells is expected to continue into 2018.

Edvard Grieg has been designed as a field center and will receive oil and gas from the neighboring Ivar Aasen Field for further processing. The oil is being transported via the Grane pipeline to the Sture terminal on the west coast of Norway, while gas will be transported via a separate pipeline system to St. Fergus in Scotland, the release said.

Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, is the operator of PL338 with a 50 percent working interest. The partners are OMV Norge with 20 percent, Statoil with 15 percent and Wintershall Norge with 15 percent.

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