Page 14 - Danish Offshore Industry 2015

COMPETITIVE IN THE NORTH SEA DONG Energy E&P is still keen on investing in the North Sea, and 2015 will be an interesting year with several major projects. But at the same time it is a question of adjusting to the market. The crystal-ball may be a bit more blurred than before “As these three examples show we still do a lot to when it comes to predicting the development of the exploit the North Sea,” states Flemming Horn Nielsen, North Sea in the years to come, but that will not make Country Manager for DONG Energy E&P, who is looking DONG Energy E&P turn idle. The Siri-feld is back in forward to Solsort in 2015 seriously starting to shape business after fve years of major repairs. The Solsort has up.”The repair of Siri was an enormous task and a major started to materialize, and the deep Hejre-feld will con- engineering feat costing us more than 3 billion DKK. We tinue being a challenge. It has been somewhat delayed, went for a unique solution – reinforcing a production but it still looks like a feld with a tremendous potential platform by fxing cables to its legs. It is the frst time for DONG Energy E&P. in industry that such a concept has been tried. It is im- portant to remember that Siri is the mother platform of the Nini-, Nini East-, Stine- and Cecilie-felds, so now we can start working on some of the projects being held up because of Siri.” “Solsort will give us a busy year as we are going to fnalize the concept. We are to consider how to ft it into the Danish infrastructure. There will be hectic activity on the drawing boards as we are to draw the outlines, and then we shall do our utmost to press on with a more detailed design. The Solsort is looking very much like the Siri Reservoir, and opposite to the Hejre-feld to a high degree it is a standard feld.” HEJRE SHAPING UP The Hejre, planned to start production in 2015, is catego- rized as a HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) feld, but in spite of delays and practical challenges expecta- tions to the reservoir are intact. “The Hejre will give us a very busy year. We are drilling close to the reservoir, and the substructure of ▲ Flemming Horn Nielsen is looking forward to a busy year for DONG. 14 / COMPETITIVE IN THE NORTH SEA