Saga Petroleum

We thank Conoco Norway Inc., Statoil a.s., Neste Petroleum a.s., and Saga Petroleum a.s., for giving permission to publish this work. The conclusions presented in this paper are derived from the results of one part of a much larger, integrated study. The conclusions are primarily those of Alastair Beach Associates Ltd., and may not necessarily reflect the individual Licencee s (Conoco, Neste Petroleum, Statoil, Saga) conclusions. Thanks to Michelle Smith, Barbara Bruce and Martin Kidd for preparing the figures. 

Gratitude is expressed to staff members and the managements of Conoco Inc, Saga Petroleum, Statoil a.s., Texaco Inc and Unocal Corporation for support of the studies involved and for permission to publish. Thanks are extended to Peter Kelley, Texaco Inc, for information enhancing the capabilities of WinProp, a software product of the Computer Modeling Group, Calgary, Alberta, also to R. di Primio, M. A. Bastow and J. Cubitt for valuable reviews. 

Former Saga Petroleum is acknowledged for initializing this project and the support from RWE-DEA Norway and Chevron Norway is greatly appreciated. The paper benefited substantially from review by Johannes Wendebourg. 

Saga Petroleum, Shell, HaUiburton, Amoco, BP, Kuwait Oil Con5)any, Conoco, Chevron, Adco, Saudi Aramco, Petroleum Development Oman, Exxon Mobil. 

The first version of OLGA was developed through a joint research program between the Institute for Energy Technology and SINTEF, supported by Conoco Norway, Esso Norge, Mobil Exploration Norway, Norsk Hydro A/S, Petro Canada, Saga Petroleum, Statoil, and Texaco Exploration Norway. 

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