Valdemar oil and gas field explained

Valdemar oil and gas field
Coordinates:	55.833765°N 4.561945°
Country:	Denmark
Region:	North Sea
Locblocks:	5504/7 and 11
Offonshore:	Offshore
Owner:	TotalEnergies, BlueNord and Nordsofonden
Operator:	Total E&P Denmark
Discovery:	1977 Bo; 1985 North Jens
Start Production:	1993
Peak Production:	2009
Formations:	chalk

The Valdemar oil and gas field is a crude oil and gas production field in the Danish sector of the central North Sea. Production of oil and gas started in 1993, peak oil was achieved in 2009 and peak gas in 2010. Production was suspended in 2019.

The field

The Valdemar oil and gas field is a crude oil and associated gas production field in Blocks 5504/7 and 5504/11 of the Danish sector of the central North Sea. The characteristics of the field reservoir are as follows.^[1]

Field
Valdemar
Prospect	Bo / North Jens
Reservoir	Chalk
Geological age	Danian, Upper and Lower Cretaceous
Block	5504/7 and 11
Reservoir depth	2,000 m Upper Cretaceous 2,600 m Lower Cretaceous
Field delineation	110 km²
Reserves	Oil 5.9 million m³ Gas 2.6 billion Nm³
Discovered	1977 Bo; 1985 North Jens

Owners and operator

The field is jointly owned by TotalEnergies, BlueNord and Nordsofonden.^[2]

The field is operated by Total E&P Denmark.

Infrastructure

The field was developed through two offshore installations comprising three platforms as shown. ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Name

AA (VAA)

AB (VAB)

BA (VBA)

Prospect

North Jens

Coordinates

55.834308°N 4.561462°E

55.833765°N 4.561945°E

55.804055°N 4.564279°E

Production start

1993

2006

2007

Water depth

43 m

Bridge

Bridge link AA to AB

-|-|Installation|Fixed steel STAR (slim tripod adapted for rig installation) no helideck|Fixed steel STAR no helideck |Fixed steel STAR no helideck|-|Function|Wellheads|Wellheads, separation|Wellheads|-|Substructure weight tonnes|650|1,400|1,400|-|Topsides weight tonnes|453|480|460|-|Number of wells|21 oil, 2 gas across field|||-|Status|No production since 2019|No production since 2019|No production since 2019|-|Export, liquids||20 km pipeline to Tyra East|18 km 16-inch multiphase pipeline to Tyra East via Roar|-|Export, gas|19 km 12-inch pipeline to Tyra West|||-|Import, chemicals||From Tyra East||}

Production

Production from the Valdemar field was by natural depletion. The oil and gas production profile of the Valdemar field is as shown.

Year!1993!1994!1995!1996!1997!1998!1999!2000!2001!2002!2003!2004!2005!2006!2007
Oil	53	304	166	161	159	95	86	77	181	353	435	491	423	470	881
Gas	29	96	52	57	89	54	49	55	78	109	151	218	208	208	355

Year!2008!2009!2010!2011!2012!2013!2014!2015!2016!2017!2018!2019!2020!2021!2022
Total
Oil	1,268	1,410	909	817	844	777	762	637	716	685	564	391	14,115
Gas	593	510	791	579	515	368	343	291	325	312	267	203	6,905

References

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Notes and References

Web site: Oil and gas production in Denmark 2013 . 18 November 2023.
Web site: Oil & gas field profile: Valdemar Conventional Oil Field, Denmark . 24 November 2021 . 18 November 2023.
Web site: MAERSK OIL ESIA-16 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY – ESIS TYRA . 18 November 2023.
Web site: OSPAR Inventory of Offshore Installations - 2021 . 18 November 2023.
Web site: A barrel full Valdemar oil field . 18 November 2023.