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        石油和天然气公司Spirit Energy已获得挪威当局的批准，延长其位于挪威近海的Vale气田使用寿命。

 

        新技术、新运营方法和新措施能够比原计划回收更多的石油和天然气。这意味着，虽然旧设施已经达到了其使用期限，但被许可方往往希望继续使用这些旧设施。

 

        为了进一步开采Vale气田的剩余储量，Spirit Energy公司已申请延长该气田的使用寿命。

 

        挪威石油安全局（PSA）本周批准了Spirit Energy公司继续使用Vale气田的设施，延长其原有的使用期限。该气田的使用寿命现在已经延长至2023年6月11日。

 

        安全局解释说，该批准是基于Spirit公司的评估文件作出的结论，该评估文件表示这些设施可以继续按照规定安全运行。

 

        Spirit Energy公司运营的Vale气田位于北海中部，距离Equinor公司运营的Heimdal气田以北16公里处。该气田的开发和运营（PDO）计划于1991年公布，并于2001年正式批准。

 

        该油田采用水下模板开发，包括一口单侧井的水平生产井，通过16.5公里长的管道连接到Heimdal Gas Center平台。

 

        Vale气田的首次生产开始于2002年5月，同时还能生产天然气和凝析油。该气田的寿命预计截止于2021或2022年。

 

        天然气由Vesterled系统运输到英国的圣费格斯（St Fergus），而凝析油则由管道运输到英国的Brae油田，再进一步运输到克鲁登湾（Cruden Bay）。

 

        Spirit Energy公司是Vale气田的运营商之一，拥有气田50%的股权，其合作伙伴是Lotos E&P和PGNiG Upstream Norway，分别拥有气田25.757%和24.243%的股权。

 

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Spirit gets life extension for North Sea field

 

Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has received approval from Norwegian authorities for a life extension of its Vale gas field located offshore Norway.

 

New technology, new operating methodologies, and measures that allow more oil and gas to be recovered than originally planned mean that the licensees often wish to continue using the old facilities even after they have reached their age limit.

 

In order to recover the remaining reserves on the Vale field, Spirit Energy has applied for consent to extend the life of the field.

 

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) this week gave Spirit Energy consent to use the facilities on the Vale field beyond their original lifespan. The field’s life has now been extended to 11 June 2023.

 

The safety authority explained that the consent has been given on the basis of Spirit Energy’s documentation of assessments which conclude that the facilities can continue to be operated safely and in accordance with the regulations.

 

The Spirit Energy-operated Vale field is located in the Central North Sea, 16 kilometers north of the Equinor-operated Heimdal field. Discovered in 1991, the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2001.

 

The field was developed with a subsea template including one horizontal production well with a single sidetrack, tied back to the Heimdal Gas Center platform by a 16.5-kilometre long pipeline.

 

The first production from the field started in May 2002 and Vale, which produces both gas and condensate, had an expected field life of 2021/22.

 

The gas is transported via Vesterled to St Fergus in the UK and condensate is transported by pipeline to the Brae field in the UK sector and further to Cruden Bay.

 

Spirit Energy is the operator of the Vale field with a 50 per cent interest and its partners are Lotos E&P with 25.757 per cent interest and PGNiG Upstream Norway with the remaining 24.243 per cent interest.