TotalFinaElf announces start-up of Huldra field production in Norwegian sector of North Sea
Four wells have been drilled, with two others scheduled for next year. The unmanned Huldra platform is equipped with a processing and separation unit. The gas is sent through the Norwegian transportation system to the continent and the condensates are transported to the Sture terminal near Bergen.
TotalFinaElf (24.33%) is associated with Statoil, the operator (19.66%), Petoro (31.96%), Conoco (23.34%), Paladin Resources (0.5%) and Svenska Petroleum (0.21%).
This project confirms TotalFinaElf’s continued interest in the North Sea, a region where it is already a major player. It will increase the Group’s North Sea daily production, which was 685,000 barrels of oil equivalent in 2000.
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