Ula () is an offshore
oil field
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located in the southern Norwegian section of
North Sea
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along with
Gyda,
Tambar and
Tambar East fields making up the UGT area, usually attributed to
DONG Energy
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* Dǒng (surna ...
'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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*Natural gas liquids, hydrocarbons in natural gas processing
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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 and 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 oil 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 and on to ]Teesside
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for refining.[ In 2009, ]Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions ASA is a Norwegian engineering firm headquartered in Oslo. The firm's production is focused on energy infrastructure, including systems and services required to de-carbonize oil and gas production, build wind-to-grid infrastruc ...
was awarded a contract to tieback Ula field to Oselvar field, with work commencing in 2011. Once complete, the oil from DONG-operated Oselvar field would be pumped away to Ula facilities for processing.[
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See also
* Norpipe
*North Sea oil
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*Economy of Norway
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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