Skarv is an

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

and

gas Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma). A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...

field in the

Norwegian Sea The Norwegian Sea ( no, Norskehavet; is, Noregshaf; fo, Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to ...

approximately 35 kilometers south-west of the

Norne oil field Norne is an oil field located around north of the Heidrun oil field in the Norwegian Sea. The sea depth in the area is . Norne lies in a licence which was awarded in 1986, and embraces blocks 6608/10 and 6608/11. The Alve field nearby started to ...

. It is produced from an FPSO. remaining reserves are thought to be 100 million barrels of oil and 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The field Skarv was discovered in 1998 and the field started producing 31 December 2012.

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