Statoil said today that new operations centres in Bergen will help generate $2billion more from its Norwegian fields between 2020-25.
The operations support and drilling operations centres will be connected to all Statoil installations on the Norwegian continental shelf, starting this year.
They will help improve production efficiency and production potential on the NCS, according to Statoil.
Statoil’s chief operating officer Jannicke Nilsson said: “The possibilities provided by digitalisation will change our industry and the way we work, and create higher value for us and society.
“The centres are good examples of how we keep applying digital technology to work smarter, safer and more efficiently.”
“Digital technology contributes to continuous operational improvements on our existing fields.
“In new field developments oil and gas production will to an increasing extent be carried out from unmanned, robotised, standardised and remote controlled installations.
“Many operations will be carried out by fewer risk-exposed working situations. We will be able to control the maintenance work in a better way and improve safety and operational quality.”
The integrated operations support centre (IOC) will enable more proactive decision-making support.
The operations support centre is scheduled to open after the summer season, and gradually support all Statoil-operated fields and installations on the NCS.
The first fields to be connected are Gina Krog and Grane in the North Sea as well as Asgard in the Norwegian Sea.
The other centre to be established will offer more cost-effective and better geoscience support of drilling operations, as monitoring and control of offshore well path drilling will be moved from offshore installations to a joint geoscience operations centre.
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