BG Group has started production from the Knarr oil field in the North Sea.
The Petrojal Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has been leased from Teekay Corporation and is morred approximately 120 kilomtres off the Norwegian coast.
It has a production capcity of 63,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and a storage capacity of 800 000 barrels.
David Hughes, project portfolio director, Europe, said: “Delivering first oil from Knarr is the result of an excellent BG team and strong collaboration with suppliers and contractors from around the world.
“Here in Scotland we have invested more than £175m with key contractors like Subsea 7 and FMC at locations across the country.
“The UK supply chain has delivered critical components of the complex subsea production system and pipeline bundle for this deep water development.”
The Knarr field, which was discovered in 2008, has an estimated gross recoverable reserves of around 80 million barrels of oil equivalent with a prduction life of at least 10 years.
In 2011 the Knarr field was merged with the Knarr West field into an intergrated development.
New exploration drilling in the licence area is ongoing in order to help extend the production life further.
BG Group is the operator of the field with a 45% working interest. Partners include Idemitsu Petroleum Norge (25%), Wintershall Norge (20%) and DEA Norge AS (10%).
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