Volve Data Village

**Overview**

Volve is a decommissioned field in the central part of the North Sea and was discovered in 1993, the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2005. The field was shut down in 2016 and the formal removal and decommissioning will be completed by the end of 2018.

The Volve field is located five kilometers north of the Sleipner Øst field with water depths of 80 meters in the block 15/9. The produced oil was from sandstone in the Hugin Formation of the Jurassic age.
The reservoir is located at 2750 – 3120 m depth. The Volve Data was approved for data sharing in 2018 by the initiative of the last Operating company, Equinor and approved by the license partners ExxonMobil E&P Norway AS and Bayerngas Norge AS in the end of 2017.

During the life of the Volve license, a limited amount of field-related data has been released to a handful of research institutes.
The Volve Data available will contain data covering data in regards of production data, well design, completion string design, seismic data, well logs (petrophysical and drilling), geological and stratigraphical data, static and dynamic models, surface and grid data.

**Disclaimer**

- The users of the information and data are expressly informed that the data provided by Equinor and the former Volve License partners is provided on an “as is” basis and may contain errors and omissions.
- Equinor and former Volve license partners provide no warranties, expressed or implied, either relating to the content or to the relevance of the data.
- Equinor disclaims any liability for errors and defects associated with the data to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- Equinor and the former Volve License partners shall not be liable for any direct or indirect losses as a result of use of the data, or concerning possible infringement of any intellectual property and/or patent rights of a third party.
- The data set shall not be resold.

## Personal data and availability

The «Volve data village» was released for a two year period on June 14, 2018. The availability has been extended until June 2022. In order to comply with the agreements relevant for the release of the data, it is necessary for Equinor to maintain control of who has downloaded the data. Consequently, name, email, company and date of download will be registered when asking for access to the data, and retained for the necessary time-period. For further information, please see Equinor’s privacy policy available on equinor.com.

## The Volve Data Village

The Volve Field:

The Volve field was discovered in 1993 (Discovery well 15/9-19 SR). Located in the central part of the north sea, 5 km north of Sleipner East, waterdepth 80 m.

Volve was developed when oil prices were low. A non-traditional concept was chosen to extract resources easily and profitably. The plan for development and production was approved by NPD in 2005. A description of field development can be found in the PUD report.
The Volve development took advantage of an opportunity to use a vacant new building, Maersk Inspirer, which at the time was the world's largest jack-up rig. The rig was equipped with its own wellhead and process module for drilling and production. After the shutdown of the Volve field, this rig will be used in the Repsol-operated Yme field which is to be reopened for production.

FSU Navion Saga was used as a storage vessel for the oil. Both installations were leased under the license and operation of the contractors Mærsk Drilling and Teekay.

The reservoir in the Volve field consists of Jurassic sandstones at 2750 – 3120 m TVD ss, the field was produced with water injection as pressure support.

When the Volve field started well drilling in May 2007, and came into production the following year, life expectancy was from 3-5 years.
New wells were being drilled up until 2012-13, which contributed to the increased recovery rate and extended life of the field. However remaining resources were very limited and with the decrease in oil price over recent years, new wells were no longer profitable.

The Volve oil and gas field closed in 2016, having continued production 3 years longer than originally planned.
All possibilities to extend the life of the field were explored, which yielded very good results.

The field was in production for over 8 years and delivered about 9.5 million barrels of oil beyond what was expected in the development and operation plan. In total, Volve achieved a recovery rate of 54%.

Volve was shut down in 2016 by decision of the partners: Statoil (now Equinor), ExxonMobil and Bayern Gas (Now Spring Energy), and with the approval of OED.
Production ended in October 2016 and FSU Navion Saga left the field.
Permanent plugging of the wells and other process activities were carried out in December. Maersk Inspirer then disconnected from the Volve field.
Removal of Subsea equipment was completed in the summer of 2017.

## 概述
Volve是位于北海中部的已废弃油田，1993年被发现，2005年获批**开发与运营计划（Plan for Development and Operation，PDO）**，2016年停产，2018年底完成正式拆除与退役作业。

Volve油田坐落于15/9区块，斯莱普纳东（Sleipner Øst）油田以北5公里处，海域水深80米。所产原油来自侏罗系休金组（Hugin Formation）砂岩储层，储层埋深2750至3120米。

Volve数据集由最后作业方Equinor倡议，于2017年底获得许可证合作方埃克森美孚挪威勘探生产公司（ExxonMobil E&P Norway AS）与拜尔恩天然气挪威公司（Bayerngas Norge AS）批准，2018年正式开放数据共享。在Volve许可证有效期内，仅向少数研究机构发布过少量油田相关数据。

本次开放的Volve数据集涵盖生产数据、井身设计、完井管柱设计、地震数据、测井数据（岩石物理与钻井）、地质与地层数据、静态与动态模型、地表与网格数据。

## 免责声明
- 信息与数据使用者明确获悉：Equinor及前Volve许可证合作方提供的数据均按“现状”提供，可能包含错误与疏漏。
- Equinor与前Volve许可证合作方不对数据的内容或相关性作出任何明示或默示的担保。
- 在法律允许的最大范围内，Equinor不对与数据相关的错误与缺陷承担任何责任。
- Equinor与前Volve许可证合作方不对因使用本数据导致的任何直接或间接损失，或涉及侵犯第三方任何知识产权和/或专利权的情形承担责任。
- 本数据集不得转售。

## 个人数据与可用性
“Volve数据村”于2018年6月14日首次开放，初始开放期限为两年，后延长至2022年6月。为遵守数据发布相关协议，Equinor需对数据下载者进行合规管控。因此，申请数据访问时需登记姓名、电子邮箱、所属公司及下载日期，并留存必要时长。更多信息请参阅Equinor官网（equinor.com）公布的隐私政策。

## Volve数据村

### Volve油田
Volve油田于1993年被发现（发现井为15/9-19 SR），地处北海中部，斯莱普纳东油田以北5公里，水深80米。

Volve油田在油价低迷时期启动开发，采用非常规开发理念以实现资源的高效且盈利性开采。2005年，挪威石油管理局（Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, NPD）批准了其开发与生产计划，油田开发详情可参阅PUD报告。

Volve开发项目利用了闲置的新造自升式钻井平台“马士基启发者号（Maersk Inspirer）”——该平台曾为全球最大的自升式钻井平台，配备专属井口与生产模块，用于钻井与生产作业。Volve油田关停后，该平台将被用于Repsol运营的Yme油田，该油田计划重启生产。

FSU Navion Saga曾作为该油田的原油储油船使用。上述两套设施均由承包商马士基钻井（Mærsk Drilling）与Teekay租赁，用于该油田的许可证作业与运营。

Volve油田的储层为埋深2750至3120米的侏罗系砂岩，油田采用注水方式维持地层压力进行生产。

Volve油田于2007年5月启动钻井作业，2008年正式投产，初始设计寿命为3至5年。直至2012至2013年仍在钻井新井，这一举措提升了油田采收率并延长了开发寿命。但彼时剩余储量极为有限，加之近年油价下跌，新钻井作业已无盈利空间。

Volve油气田于2016年决议关停，实际生产时长较原计划延长了3年。此前团队已穷尽所有延长油田寿命的方案，且取得了极佳效果。

该油田累计生产时长超8年，累计产油量较开发与运营计划的预期超出约950万桶，整体采收率达到54%。

Volve油田由合作方Statoil（现为Equinor）、埃克森美孚与Bayern Gas（现为Spring Energy）于2016年决议关停，并获得挪威石油与能源部（Oil and Energy Directorate, OED）批准。
生产于2016年10月终止，FSU Navion Saga撤离油田。同年12月完成了井眼永久封堵及其他作业流程，马士基启发者号随即脱离Volve油田。
水下设备拆除工作于2017年夏季完成。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

Volve Data Village包含北海中部已废弃Volve油田的多维度数据，涵盖生产记录、测井资料及地质模型等，由Equinor等公司于2018年共享。数据集附带严格使用条款，原始数据可能存在误差且禁止转售，访问需注册个人信息。