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 | | All going according to plan, the Statfjord late life (SFLL) project will generate 'a decade of extra output', with volumes of around 32bcm of gas, 25 million barrels of oil and 60 million barrels of condensate calculated to be in the offing, a resource corresponding to a 'medium-sized discovery' on the Norwegian continental shelf. |
 | | To extend the field's life by another 10-15 years, crude flow will have to be replaced by gas, with major modification work carried out on the field's trio of production platforms to accommodate the switch, and extensive drilling to target new gas targets while squeezing out the last oil pocketed about the field. |
 | | Statfjord A is already equipped for lowpressure gas production, and its adaptations and well programme will both be 'limited', but B and C will need 'substantial upgrading' before handling large volumes of gas. |
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