The approximately US$9 billion West Nile Delta development includes five gas fields across the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater offshore concession blocks in the Mediterranean Sea.
Successful commencement of Equinor's total project pipeline could see the company electrifying over 35% of its total oil and gas production base by 2025 through power from shore, according to GlobalData.
The Satellite Cluster field will produce gas from four reservoirs utilising a total of five wells and is expected to reach gas production of up to 6 million m3/d.
The five deepwater subsea wells in the project, offshore Indonesia, will have a production capacity of 450 million ft3/d.
Archer will take over Equinor wireline services scope from DeepWell starting 1 May 2021.
In order to supply a fully carbon neutral barrel to Saras, residual emissions of 2302 t CO2 were compensated through a carbon capture project, certified by the Verified Carbon Standard.