Vale gas field (original) (raw)

Vale (Norwegian: Valefeltet) is an offshore gas field in the North Sea located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the Heimdal gas field. The depth of the water in the field area is 115 metres (377 ft). Vale is considered a satellite to Heimdal field and is connected to it by a pipeline. Estimated reserves at Vale stand at 2.5 billion cubic metres (88 billion cubic feet) of natural gas and 21 million barrels (3,300,000 m3) of gas condensate. Vale gas field is expected to produce 1.6 million cubic metres per day (57 million cubic feet per day) of natural gas and 2,600 barrels per day (410 m3/d) of condensate.