ORLEN Group starts production from Tyrving field on Norwegian Continental Shelf

With Tyrving startup, the number ORLEN’s producing assets in Norway increased to 20 fields. The gross recoverable reserves of the field are estimated at 25 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), allowing for approximately 15 years of production. At its peak, it will amount to 20,000 boe per day.

Thanks to very good cooperation of Tyrving license partners: Aker BP, Petoro and PGNiG Upstream Norway, as well as other alliance partners and suppliers, it was possible to accelerate the production start, which was scheduled for 2025. The license partners were also able to complete the project below the original budget.

Tyrving field consists of three discoveries, Trell, Trine and Trell North, located around 2200 metres below the seabed in the Heimdal Formation sandstones, with water depth of approximately 120 metres. Tyrving was developed with three wells tied to the floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO) Alvheim located about 20 km west of the field. Skogul and Vilje, other PGNiG Upstream Norway’s fields in this area, are also connected to the same FPSO.

The development of Tyrving is in line with PGNiG Upstream Norway's strategy of clustering its operations in several production hubs. This allows for a more efficient use of the existing infrastructure, which translates into reduced costs and accelerated field development. An additional benefit is a significant reduction in the carbon intensity of oil and gas production. For Tyrving it is around 0.3 kg of CO2 per barrel of oil, while the average carbon footprint on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is approximately 8 kg of CO2 per barrel.

PGNiG Upstream Norway holds an 11.9% share in Tyrving, with the remainder being held by Aker BP (61.26%, operator) and Petoro (26.84%).