The pre-unitisation operator and its partners are also targeting a much higher plateau rate of production than previously estimated at between 550,000 and 650,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with an ultimate recovery rate projected at 70% for the field’s resources of between 1.8 billion and 2.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
It has also been decided to initially power the field from an onshore transformer at Kaarsto with 80-megawatt cable to the riser platform, excluding electrification of other fields in the Utsira High area in the first phase, while opening the door for an area-wide power solution in later phases.
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