Norway Big player on the shelf

Almost 50 years in the country, about 100 licences: Wintershall Dea is one of the leading gas and oil companies in Norway, one of Europe's most important energy suppliers.

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Wintershall Dea Produktionsstätte Norwegen
Wintershall Dea Produktionsstätte Norwegen
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Norway is Europe’s most important supplier of natural gas and oil. Wintershall Dea is now one of the leading gas and oil companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, having operated there for almost 50 years. The company has about 100 licences on the shelf, including 24 as operator, for example the producing fields Nova and Vega. The portfolio is being expanded further with smart technical solutions. For instance, the company is attracting attention with projects such as Dvalin and Nova. These fields are being developed by means of a subsea tieback, with production facilities on the seabed connected to existing platforms.

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Wintershall Dea Quickfact Norway
Wintershall Dea Norway Map
Wintershall Dea Norway Map
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Where we operate in Norway

The company’s exploration and production concessions are located in all regions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. Nova and Vega are located around 125 kilometres west of the city of Bergen. Maria lies further north, roughly at the level of Trondheim, and Dvalin lies even further north.

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MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EQIVALENT IN 2P ARE HELD BY THE COMPANY IN NORWAY.

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DEEP IS THE WATER AT THE DVALIN PROJECT.

Wintershall Dea Offshore Platform Dvalin
Wintershall Dea Offshore Platform Dvalin

The Heidrun platform, connected to the Dvalin field via a subsea template.

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Dvalin

The Dvalin field was not considered worthwhile in the 1980s. It was not until the new millennium that a consortium led by Wintershall Dea (then DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG) successfully explored for natural gas. In 2010 and 2012, exploration wells struck two gas-bearing horizons with thicknesses of 150 and 140 metres respectively. To enable production from the field, four production wells are connected to the existing Heidrun platform, via a subsea template installed on the seabed.

Wintershall Dea Nova Field Norway
Wintershall Dea Nova Field Norway

Two subsea templates connect the Nova reservoir to host platform Gjøa.

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Nova – advantages thanks to technology

The oil and gas reservoir was called Skarfjell when it was discovered in 2012 and was later given the name Nova. Besides Maria and Dvalin, Nova is another field in Norway that Wintershall Dea discovered and developed as operator. Nova came on stream in the summer of 2022. With Nova, the company is strengthening its position as an expert in subsea developments: The reservoir is connected to the nearby Gjøa platform via a subsea tieback. That saves resources and money, extends the economic lifetime of the Gjøa infrastructure, and unlocks future tie-in opportunities. As Gjøa is powered via hydropower from the Norwegian mainland, Nova is a low carbon-intensity field and contributes to Wintershall Dea’s emission reduction performance.

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Subsea technology: How the Nova field delivers hydrocarbons – an overview

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Subsea technology: How the Nova field delivers hydrocarbons – an overview

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Wintershall Dea Norway Platform Njord
Wintershall Dea Norway Platform Njord

The Njord A platform which produced oil and gas from 1997 until 2016.

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Njord – new start for a greater yield

Production at the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea began in 1997 and was interrupted in 2016 for modernisation work on the floating platform being used. In 2022 the field started producing again, creating a renewed oil and gas hub and delivering substantial additional volumes. In total, the upgrade, which is part of the Njord Future project, will add ten new production wells. Wintershall Dea holds a 50 percent share in the field, with Equinor being the operator.

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