Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field (Norway)

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Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Norway.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Martin Linge	Operating	Equinor Energy AS	Equinor Energy AS (51.0%); Petoro AS (30.0%); Sval Energi AS (19.0%)	1978	–	2021

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
Condensate	original recoverable reserves	0	million bbl	2022
Condensate	remaining reserves	0	million bbl	2022
Gas	original recoverable reserves	18010	million m³	2022
Gas	remaining reserves	14410	million m³	2022
NGL	original recoverable reserves	25.06	million bbl	2020
NGL	remaining reserves	25.06	million bbl	2020
NGL	original recoverable reserves	9.25	million bbl	2022
NGL	remaining reserves	7.36	million bbl	2022
Oil	original recoverable reserves	48.05	million bbl	2022
Oil	remaining reserves	29.69	million bbl	2022
condensate	original recoverable reserves	0	million bbl	2020
condensate	remaining reserves	0	million bbl	2020
gas	original recoverable reserves	26540	million m³	2020
gas	remaining reserves	26540	million m³	2020
oil	original recoverable reserves	68.94	million bbl	2020
oil	remaining reserves	68.94	million bbl	2020

Table 3: Production from Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	gas	913.13	million m³	2021
cumulative production	gas	3541.26	million m³	2022
cumulative production	oil	5.57	million bbl	2021
cumulative production	oil	18.34	million bbl	2022
cumulative production	NGL	0.52	million bbl	2021
cumulative production	NGL	2.25	million bbl	2022
cumulative production	Condensate	0	million bbl	2021
cumulative production	Condensate	0	million bbl	2022
production	gas	913.13	million m³/y	2021
production	gas	2628.12	million m³/y	2022
production	oil	5.57	million bbl/y	2021
production	oil	12.77	million bbl/y	2022
production	NGL	0.52	million bbl/y	2021
production	NGL	1.74	million bbl/y	2022
production	Condensate	0	million bbl/y	2021
production	Condensate	0	million bbl/y	2022
production design capacity	hydrocarbons	41.98	million boe/y	2021

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Martin Linge Oil and Gas Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Norway	60.5065, 2.042 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Background

Martin Linge was discovered in 1978. Its plan for development and operations (PDO) was approved in 2012. The platform jacket was installed on the field in 2014 and the topside modules in 2018. The Norwegian Petroleum website states, as of February 2021, that "production is planned to start in mid-2020." However, Offshore Engineer (OE) describes the project as "long-delayed" and "years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget." OE notes that the project was originally scheduled for completion in 2016 under its then-operator Total, before Equinor took it over in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic and safety violations have delayed the project commissioning through 2020.

The field is slated to have rich gas transported via a new pipeline to the Frigg UK Gas Pipeline System then to the Shell-Esso Gas and Liquid (SEGAL) terminal at St Fergus in the UK. Oil and condensate are set to be transported via tanker.

In January 2021, OE reported that Equinor had "breached safety regulations" at Martin Linge. "Serious breaches of the regulations were identified" according to the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), including the reliability of detecting gas leaks and in the configuration of alarm systems.

Equinor told OE in September 2020 that it expected the field to come online in 2021.

The field came online in June 2021.

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