Mar. 2011 - FMC Technologies has awarded Grenland Group a letter of intent to manufacture equipment to support the Ormen Lange project. The company will manufacture and deliver one 8-slot manifold and one foundation base structure. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2011, with final deliveries occurring in the first quarter of 2012. Ormen Lange lies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters). Shell operates the field, holding a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Feb. 2011 - Shell has failed to hit hydrocarbons in appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. The purpose of the well in Production License 209 was to delineate the northern area of the field. The well did encounter reservoir rocks of variable quality in both the Egga reservoir unit and the Jorsalfare formation, but the well was dry. Data acquisition and sampling were carried out, and the results of the appraisal well will be incorporated into the ongoing evaluation of the field. The well reached a vertical depth of 9,413 feet (2,869 meters) and terminated in the Kyrre formation in the Upper Cretaceous. The West Navigator drillship drilled the well in a water depth of 3,563 feet (1,086 meters). Ormen Lange lies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters). Shell operates the field, holding a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Dec. 2010 - Shell and FMC Technologies have signed an agreement for the manufacture and distribution of subsea production equipment for the Ormen Lange development project in the North Sea. The company will provide an eight-slot manifold, four pipeline end modules, related control systems and connecting equipment. Deliveries should commence in the second quarter of 2011. Ormen Lange lies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters). Shell operates the field, holding a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Nov. 2010 - The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Norske Shell a drilling permit for well 6305/4-2 S using the West Navigator drillship. The drilling program for well 6305/4-2 S applies to the drilling of an appraisal well in Production License 209 on Ormen Lange. Ormen Lange is situated on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters). Shell operates the field, holding a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Aug. 2010 - Shell was granted consent to perform exploratory drilling on Ormen Lange using the West Navigator drillship. The consent applies to drilling and well activities relating to appraisal well 6305/4-2S. Exploratory drilling should commence in September 2010, and should last for about 70 days. The water depth of the site is 3,563 feet (1,086 meters). Located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Kristiansund, Norway, in the Norwegian Sea, Ormen Lange reaches 25 miles (40 kilometers) by up to 6 miles (10 kilometers).

Jan. 2010 - Production from Ormen Lange is back online, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Shell, the operator, halted production at the Ormen Lange field during the weekend because of freezing temperatures in Europe. Production from the field resumed late Monday afternoon and it is slowly increasing to its full capacity. Considered to be Europe's third-largest gas field, Ormen Lange is situated on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters). Shell operates the field, holding a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Jan. 2010 - Production was shut-in from the Ormen Lange gas field over the weekend due to adverse weather, and it is unclear when production will resume. Ormen Lange is situated in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters) on Blocks 6305/4, 6305/5, 6305/7 and 6305/8 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Shell operates the field and holds a 17.04% interest; Petoro holds 36.48%; Statoil holds 28.91%; Dong holds 10.34%; and ExxonMobil holds the remaining 7.23% interest.

Oct. 2009 - Shell confirmed that its Norwegian gas field Ormen Lange is on track to reach peak capacity of 70 million cubic meters a day by the end of the year. "The production increase will be the result of four new wells that will come onstream in addition to the six existing wells," said spokeswoman Lillian Aasheim. She was unable to comment on the flow rate of each well or the precise timing of the ramp up of the new wells but noted 70 Mcm/d is the design capacity for the field's onshore processing facilities at Nyhamna.

Sep. 2009 - Shell was granted consent to use Seadrill's West Navigator drillship for drilling and well operations in connection with the development of the southern part of Ormen Lange. West Navigator has drilled production wells in the northern part of the field for the past 3.5 years and is currently concluding this work.

Sep. 2009 - Shell stated that its ongoing maintenance at Ormen Lange, is affecting output, but did not clarify how much production is currently off stream or when the field's output will return to normal rates, Dow Jones reports. Located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in water depths ranging from 2,625 to 3,609 feet (800 to 1,100 meters), Ormen Lange has estimated recoverable reserves of 14 Tcf (397 Bcm) of natural gas.

Aug. 2009 - The NPD granted Shell a drilling permit for well bore 6305/5-3 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. The drilling program for well bore 6305/5-3 S relates to the drilling of an appraisal well on the Ormen Lange field on behalf of PL 208, 209 and 250 (Ormen Lange Unit). The well will be drilled from the Leiv Eriksson semisub at position 63 degrees 34'53.76" North and 5 degrees 25'07.38" East. The Ormen Lange field spans Blocks 6305/4, 5 and 6305/7 and 8 in the Norwegian Sea.

Aug. 2009 - The world's deepest hot tap operations on a pressurized pipeline have been performed on the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea during early August. Enhanced flexibility in deepwater is another advantage of such operations, two of which were conducted on Ormen Lange in a depth of 2,822 feet (860 meters). The operations were done to tie in a new subsea template in the southern part of the Ormen Lange field to the existing infrastructure on the sea bed. The two hot taps were monitored and controlled from the surface, assisted by 100 sensors, 23 cameras and 18 subsea computers deployed on the seabed to transmit data via heavy duty cables. Hot tapping operations involve doing repairs, replacements or tie-ins on pipelines which remain pressurized. That makes it possible to avoid expensive shutdowns and simplifies the tie-in of new pipeline systems to existing infrastructure. The Ormen Lange gas development in the Norwegian Sea ranks as one of the biggest and most demanding industrial projects ever conducted in Norway.

Jul. 2009 - Royal Dutch Shell said its Ormen Lange gas field is ramping up after a maintenance program curtailed output. The field was affected by maintenance at its onshore processing plant at Nyhamna, Aukra municipality, but the company declined to say how much capacity was offline. The field's maximum output is 2 Bcf/d (70 MMcm/d). Ormen Lange is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) north west of Kristiansand in the More Basin of the southern Norwegian Sea.

May. 2009 - The Grenland Group announced the completion of the 1,268 ton (1,150 tonne) Ormen Lange subsea template. The template was loaded out on a barge and will be towed for installation at 2,789 feet (850 meters) deep in the southern part of the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea. The field's well stream of gas, condensate and water is transported from the subsea templates through two 30-inch-diameter multi-phase pipelines, up the steep slope of the Storegga slide to Shell’s onshore processing facility at Aukra. The Grenland Group was subcontracted by FMC for Ormen Lange's subsea production systems.

May. 2009 - Shell received consent to conduct exploration drilling on the Ormen Lange field using the Leiv Eiriksson semisub. The targeted appraisal well, 6305/5-3 S, is located in the Norwegian Sea, roughly 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of the More coast on PL 208, 209 and 250. Leiv Eiriksson is drilling the planned monitoring well and several production wells for the second phase of development on the Ormen Lange field. Drilling is expected to commence May 20.