Equinor (EQNR) to Boost Output Capacity at Johan Sverdrup

 | Feb 02, 2021 04:27AM ET

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) EQNR along with its partners intends to boost the day-to-day output capacity at the Johan Sverdrup project in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

Notably, this will be third productivity growth for Equinor in the Johan Sverdrup field, subsequent to the production start-up in October 2019 at an estimated output capacity of 440,000 barrels per day (bpd).

The planning was made as the company-operated Johan Sverdrup field is likely to enhance its production capacity to 535,000 bpd of oil by mid-2021, which is roughly 100,000 bpd more than the initial capacity of the field. However, the increase in capacity will be based on water injection scheduled for the current year.

The Johan Sverdrup field, which is said to be the third-largest oil field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, is owned by energy five companies. Equinor is the operator with a 42.6% ownership share, while the remaining partners include Lundin Energy Norway with a 20% stake in the field, Petoro with 17.36%, Aker BP (NYSE:BP) ASA with 11.57% and TOTAL SE TOT holding the rest.

Johan Sverdrup oil field is powered from shore that makes it one of the most carbon-efficient fields globally, with minimal greenhouse gas emissions per barrel. Importantly, the capacity increase is attainable due to the field’s sound and stable productivity as well as the high yielding production of the wells.

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