Ormen Lange | |
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Country | Norway |
Location | Southern part of the Norwegian Sea |
Block | 6305/5 |
Offshore/onshore | offshore |
Coordinates | 63°29′48.33″N 5°23′11.47″E / 63.4967583°N 5.3865194°E |
Operator | Norske Shell |
Partners | Petoro Statoil Norske Shell DONG Energy ExxonMobil |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1997 |
Start of production | 2007 |
Production | |
Current production of gas | 70×10 6 m3/d (2.5×10 9 cu ft/d) |
Recoverable gas | 300×10 9 m3 (11×10 12 cu ft) |
Ormen Lange is a natural gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf. It is situated 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Kristiansund, where seabed depths vary between 800 and 1,100 metres (2,600 and 3,600 ft). The field is named after the famous longship Ormen Lange of Olaf Tryggvason, a 10th-century Viking king of Norway.