Norway Valhall Oil Field Will Remain Offline For "Weeks" - BP
May 20 2009 - 10:55AM
Dow Jones News
BP PLC (BP) Wednesday said its Valhall oil field in Norway will
remain closed for "weeks" after it was closed down April 2 for
checks and maintenance related to pipeline corrosion.
The field produces around 50,000 barrels of oil a day. Company
spokesman Jan Erik Geirmo said the unplanned outage was caused by
microbacterial-related corrosion of hundreds of meters of
pipelines. He could not be specific about when the field would
restart, saying: "It's a question of weeks" still.
Valhall is in the southern part of the North Sea and is routed
via pipeline to Ekofisk field from where it is piped to Teesside in
the U.K.
BP operates Valhall and it, and Enterprise Oil Norge and Hess
Norge each have a 28.09% stake in the field while Total SA (TOT)
has a 15.72% stake.
Company Web site: www.bp.com
-By Elizabeth Adams, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0) 207 842 9386;
elizabeth.adams@dowjones.com