Gullfaks oil field
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Gullfaks is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian
sector of the North Sea
operated by Statoil
. It was discovered in 1979, in block 34/10, at a water depth of 135 meters. The initial recoverable reserve is 2.1 Goilbbl, and the remaining recoverable reserve in 2004 is 234 Moilbbl. This oil field reached peak production in 2001 at 180000 oilbbl/d. It has satellite fields Gullfaks South, Rimfaks, Skinfaks and Gullveig.
The Schlumberger
geological modelling software product Petrel
uses the Gullfaks field as the sample data set for its introductory course.
The project consists of three production platforms Gullfaks A, Gullfaks B, and Gullfaks C. Gullfaks C sits 217 metres (711.9 ft) below the waterline. The height of the total structure measured from the sea floor is 380 metres (1,246.7 ft), making it taller than the Eiffel Tower
. Gullfaks C produces 250000 oilbbl/d of oil. Gullfaks C was completed in 1980. The Tordis field, which is located 11 km south east of Gullfaks C, has a subsea separation manifold installed in 2007 which is tied-back to the existing Gullfaks infrastructure.
Between November 2009 and May 2010, a well being drilled from Gullfaks C experienced multiple well control incidents which were investigated by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority and summarized in a report released on 19 November 2010. The report stated that only chance prevented the final and most serious incident on May 19, 2010 from becoming a full-scale disaster.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sector of the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
operated by Statoil
Statoil
Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro...
. It was discovered in 1979, in block 34/10, at a water depth of 135 meters. The initial recoverable reserve is 2.1 Goilbbl, and the remaining recoverable reserve in 2004 is 234 Moilbbl. This oil field reached peak production in 2001 at 180000 oilbbl/d. It has satellite fields Gullfaks South, Rimfaks, Skinfaks and Gullveig.
The Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
geological modelling software product Petrel
Petrel (reservoir software)
Petrel is a Schlumberger owned Windows PC software application intended to aggregate oil reservoir data from multiple sources. It allows the user to interpret seismic data, perform well correlation, build reservoir models suitable for simulation, submit and visualize simulation results, calculate...
uses the Gullfaks field as the sample data set for its introductory course.
The project consists of three production platforms Gullfaks A, Gullfaks B, and Gullfaks C. Gullfaks C sits 217 metres (711.9 ft) below the waterline. The height of the total structure measured from the sea floor is 380 metres (1,246.7 ft), making it taller than the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
. Gullfaks C produces 250000 oilbbl/d of oil. Gullfaks C was completed in 1980. The Tordis field, which is located 11 km south east of Gullfaks C, has a subsea separation manifold installed in 2007 which is tied-back to the existing Gullfaks infrastructure.
Between November 2009 and May 2010, a well being drilled from Gullfaks C experienced multiple well control incidents which were investigated by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority and summarized in a report released on 19 November 2010. The report stated that only chance prevented the final and most serious incident on May 19, 2010 from becoming a full-scale disaster.