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Big day for Ekofisk records

person by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum
Phillips set a record for crude oil piped to Teesside on 6 September 1991, which was also the date when waterflooding from the 2/4 K platform reached 500 000 barrels per day.
— Pipelines and a cargo ship in the harbor at the Teesside terminal. Photo: Husmo Photo / Norwegian Petroleum Museum
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A total of 644 647 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids were carried through the transport system to the UK terminal – the highest figure since 1979.

Pressure build-up in the reservoir after a maintenance shutdown was the reason for this record flow. Oil and gas exports stabilised soon afterwards at the pre-shutdown level of about 550 000 daily barrels.

At the same time, 2/4 K was pumping water down 20 of its 21 injection wells as well as the eight wells on 2/4 W. This capacity expansion was part of the third waterflooding phase which aimed to increase production by 40 million barrels of oil equivalent.

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Published 24. June 2019   •   Updated 27. September 2019

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