Statoil has kicked off production from its £344million Visund North gas field in the North Sea.
The field, thought to have around 29million barrels of oil, is 22km north of the Gullfaks field, with oil being transported via a new pipleine to the Visund A platform.
The launch is part of Statoil’s attempts to fast track 12 fields, producing a total of more than 200,000 boed, with seven more still to be completed by the end of next year.
“Completion of the first production well as well as a production shutdown at the Visund A platform gave us some challenges, but in spite of this we are starting production only 3-4 weeks after the scheduled startup established two years ago,” said field development head Hogne Pedersen.
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