Yme Oil and Gas Field (Norway)

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Yme Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Norway.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Yme Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Yme Operating[1] Repsol Norge AS[2] Repsol Norge AS (55.0%); PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (20.0%); OKEA ASA (15.0%); Lime Petroleum AS (10.0%)[3] 1987[4] 1996[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yme Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
Condensate original recoverable reserves 0 million bbl 2022 [5]
Condensate remaining reserves 0 million bbl 2022 [5]
Gas original recoverable reserves 0 million m³ 2022 [5]
Gas remaining reserves 0 million m³ 2022 [5]
NGL original recoverable reserves 0 million bbl 2020 [5]
NGL remaining reserves 0 million bbl 2020 [5]
NGL original recoverable reserves 0 million bbl 2022 [5]
NGL remaining reserves 0 million bbl 2022 [5]
Oil original recoverable reserves 108.18 million bbl 2022 [5]
Oil remaining reserves 54.78 million bbl 2022 [5]
condensate original recoverable reserves 0 million bbl 2020 [5]
condensate remaining reserves 0 million bbl 2020 [5]
gas original recoverable reserves 0 million m³ 2020 [5]
gas remaining reserves 0 million m³ 2020 [5]
oil original recoverable reserves 112.65 million bbl 2020 [5]
oil remaining reserves 62.9 million bbl 2020 [5]

Table 3: Production from Yme Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production condensate 0 million bbl 2020 [6]
cumulative production gas 0 million m³ 2020 [6]
cumulative production NGL 0 million bbl 2020 [6]
cumulative production oil 49.73 million bbl 2020 [6]
cumulative production gas 0 million m³ 2021 [6]
cumulative production gas 0 million m³ 2022 [6]
cumulative production oil 49.86 million bbl 2021 [6]
cumulative production oil 53.2 million bbl 2022 [6]
cumulative production NGL 0 million bbl 2021 [6]
cumulative production NGL 0 million bbl 2022 [6]
cumulative production Condensate 0 million bbl 2021 [6]
cumulative production Condensate 0 million bbl 2022 [6]
production gas 0 million m³/y 2021 [6]
production gas 0 million m³/y 2022 [6]
production oil 0.13 million bbl/y 2021 [6]
production oil 3.34 million bbl/y 2022 [6]
production NGL 0 million bbl/y 2021 [6]
production NGL 0 million bbl/y 2022 [6]
production Condensate 0 million bbl/y 2021 [6]
production Condensate 0 million bbl/y 2022 [6]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Yme Oil and Gas Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Norway[2] 57.8295, 4.527 (exact)[2]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Background

Yme was discovered in 1987, the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1995 and production started in 1996. Production first peaked in 1997 at 1.98 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalents. In 1998, it produced comparable amounts of oil to 1997, but then steadily decreased through 2001 when, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate production "because operation of the field was no longer regarded as profitable."[7]

A PDO for the redevelopment of YME approved in 2007. The 2007 development concept utilized as mobile offshore production unit (MOPU). By 2013, due to structural deficiencies and the vast amount of outstanding work to complete the MOPU, it was removed from Yme field. In 2018, a new PDO which aimed to reuse the nine wells pre-drilled in 2009-2010 and drill seven additional wells was approved.[7]

In February 2020, Repsol, the field operator, announced production from the redeveloped field would be delayed until the latter half of 2020 as "preparations" were taking "longer than expected."[8] An executive from Repsol's project partner added that they "definitely expect startup in the third quarter [of 2020]."[8]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the expected start of production was pushed back again. As of August 2020, Repsol reportedly aimed for production from the field will begin in third quarter 2021. LOTOS, another project partner, estimated production to begin the last quarter of 2021.[9]

On January 4, 2021, Oil and Gas Journal reported that YME was in the "hook up, commissioning, and startup preparation phase."[10]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626225614/https://www.ogj.com/exploration-development/article/14189735/repsol-advances-yme-development-with-rig-install. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Map Services - Field outlines". Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Archived from the original on March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230512082249/https://factpages.npd.no/en/field/PageView/All/43807. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230521204050/http://www.norskpetroleum.no/en/facts/field/yme/. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (2023). "Table – Reserves". Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Archived from the original on May 18th, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 "Production - Saleable - Yearly - by field". Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. 2021. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Field: YME". Norwegianpetroleum.no. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Staff, Reuters (2020-02-13). "UPDATE 1-Norway's Yme field startup delayed until H2 2020 -Repsol". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-02-05. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  9. "Norway's Yme Field Start-up Could Face More Delays". Offshore Engineer Magazine. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  10. "Repsol advances Yme development with rig install". Oil & Gas Journal. 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-02-05.