Ula ( no, Ulafeltet) is an offshore
oil field located in the southern Norwegian section of
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...
along with
Gyda,
Tambar and
Tambar East fields making up the UGT area, usually attributed to
DONG Energy's main areas of exploration and production activity.
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The Ula field was discovered in 1976 and came online in October 1986.
It contains confirmed 69.98 million m
3 of oil and 2.5 million of
NGL.
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Ownership
AkerBP is the operator of the field with 80% of interest in the project. AkerBP's partner DONG Energy holds 20% of interest.[ DONG Energy increased its initial share of 5% to 20% by acquiring Svenska Petroleum's complete share of 15% for US$130 million in 2008.][
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Production
Ula is located in approximately of water. The main reservoir stands at in the Upper Jurassic Ula Formation.[ The field has three conventional steel facilities with production, drilling, living quarters. It has 7 production and 2 water injection wells. Current production at Ula field is 10,000 bbl/d. The existing gas process plant was recently extended with a new module, turbine and compressor and has been operative since 2008. The gas from Blane field is injected into the Ula reservoir for production. The gas produced at Ula field is re-injected into the field for increased recovery as well. The field is expected to be abandoned in 2028.][ The produced oil is then transported by a pipeline to ]Ekofisk oil field
Ekofisk is an oil field in block 2/4 of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea about southwest of Stavanger. Discovered in 1969 by Phillips Petroleum Company, it remains one of the most important oil fields in the North Sea. This was the first ...
and on to Teesside
Teesside () is a built-up area around the River Tees in the north of England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name was initially used as a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Historically a hub for heavy manu ...
for refining.[ In 2009, ]Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions ASA, an engineering company based in Oslo, provides the products, systems and services required to unlock energy from sources such as oil, gas, offshore wind and capture. The company, founded in 1841, was known as Aker Kværner u ...
was awarded a contract to tieback Ula field to Oselvar field. The work is expected to commence in 2011. Once complete, the oil from DONG-operated Oselvar field which is from Ula will be pumped to facilities at Ula for processing.[
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See also
*Norpipe
Norpipe is a subsea oil and natural gas pipelines system in the North Sea. It supplies oil from the Norwegian Ekofisk and associated fields in the North Sea to the United Kingdom and natural gas to Germany.
Oil pipeline
The Norpipe oil pipelin ...
*North Sea oil
North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.
In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea ...
*Economy of Norway
The economy of Norway is a highly developed mixed economy with state-ownership in strategic areas. Although sensitive to global business cycles, the economy of Norway has shown robust growth since the start of the industrial era. The country ...
References
External links
AkerBP official website
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BP oil and gas fields
Energy in Norway
Former Ørsted (company) oil and gas fields
North Sea oil fields
Oil fields in Norway