Draugen is an oil field in the

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with a sea depth of . It has been operating by A/S Norske Shell until sold t
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in 2018. The field has been developed with a concrete fixed facility and integrated topside. Stabilized oil is stored in tanks in the base of the facility. Two flowlines connect the facility to a floating loading buoy. The Garn Vest and Rogn Sør deposits have been developed with a total of five subsea wells connected to the main facility at Draugen. The field has six subsea water injection wells. Additional resources in the Garn Vest structure came on stream in December 2001, while development of additional resources at the Rogn Sør structure were approved in the spring of 2001, coming on stream in January 2003.

Reservoirs

The major reservoir is the Rogn Formation, a shallow marine sand bar of the

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at around , while on the western side of the field is the Garn Formation of the

Middle Jurassic The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 163.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relatively rare, but geological formations co ...

.Provan, D.M., Draugen Oil Field, Haltenbanken Province, Offshore Norway, 1992, in ''Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978-1988'', AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, , pp. 371-382 They are all producing reservoirs with good characteristics.

Recovery and transport

The platform consists of a concrete monocolumn with integrated deck. Oil transport is accomplished through tanker via floating buoy. The Asgard transport pipeline is used for transport of

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to Kårstø.

Removing the rig

In January 1997 it was decided to dispense with the maintenance-intensive drilling package on the Draugen platform because the well programme had been completed. In 2003 it was sold to

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and installed on the ship Ispolin for drilling in the Russian sector of the Caspian

Spills

In January 2008, a small amount of oil was spilled after a pipe broke while loading a tanker. The oil being loaded into the Navion Scandia tanker was spilled when the pipeline pressure became too high. The oil spilled was in such a small amount that much of it evaporated before being contained.

Current status

New production wells are currently being drilled and more is being considered to increase output. Gas injection and water injection are used to increase production. CO₂ injection has been rejected.Reuters January 10, 200
"UPDATE 1-Shell reports small spill at Norway Draugen field"
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References

External links

Draugen Oil Field in Offshore TechnologyDraugen in Interactive Energy Map
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