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AAPG Memoir
Giant Fields of the Decade 2000–2010
Author(s)
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Volume
113
Copyright:
© 2017 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
ISBN electronic:
9781629812762
ISBN print:
9780891813934
Publication date:
January 01, 2017
Book Chapter
12: The Discovery Process behind the Giant Johan Sverdrup Field
Author(s)
Hans Chr Rønnevik
Lundin Norway AS, Strandveien 4, Lysaker, Norway
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Hans Chr Rønnevik
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Arild Jørstad
Lundin Norway AS, Strandveien 4, Lysaker, Norway
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Arild Jørstad
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Jan Erik Lie
Lundin Norway AS, Strandveien 4, Lysaker, Norway
Jan Erik Lie
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Published:January 01, 2017
ABSTRACT
The giant Johan Sverdrup field was discovered in 2010 by well 16/2-6 drilled on the Utsira high, in the central part of the Norwegian North Sea. This area was considered exhausted after more than 40 years of disappointing on-and-off exploration drilling. The discovery of the significant Edvard Grieg field by well 16/1-8 in 2007 converted the Johan Sverdrup prospect to a high probability prospect. The predrill hypothesis was that the two prospects could be part of one large deposit with a 40 to 50 m (131 to 164 ft) saturated oil leg beneath a gas cap and a common...
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