Viridien, TGS and Aquila Holdings Deliver Utsira OBN Reprocessing Project
of more than 144,000 nodes and over 5.5 million shots.Covering an area of 2077 square kilometers in a mature part of the North Sea, the survey was acquired in 2018 and 2019, and the initial processing results delivered in 2020.The Utsira area holds several significant oil and gas fields, including Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen, Balder, Gina Krog, Gudrun and Johan Sverdrup, along with a number of undeveloped discoveries and prospects.The reprocessing project has received significant industry support and leverages strong demand for high-definition seismic imaging in this highly prospective area.Viridien reprocessed
Aker BP Hires Contractor for New Oil Spill Detection Solution
Aker BP has contracted technology supplier Vissim to implement an upgraded oil spill detection solution at the operator’s fixed and floating installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.Aker BP will equip installations Valhall, Ula, Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen, Alvheim and Skarv with the new and upgraded oil spill detection solution.The upgraded, radar-based oil spill detection system uses image processing technology that enables much higher sensitivity, which allows it to detect even smaller oil spills, according to Aker BP.“The new solution has resulted in higher sensitivity, which
Lundin Energy Chief Schneiter: Output Trending Upward at Sverdrup
.Other partners include Total, Aker BP and Petoro.Lundin, which has a 20% stake in Sverdrup, said the field produced net 89,800 boepd for the company in the third-quarter, putting the total field output at 449,000 boepd.The company also said the government had increased the production permit for the Edvard Grieg field to the maximum capacity.Lundin earlier on Friday raised its output forecast for the full year.The CEO said he didn't expect the Norwegian government to extend production curbs beyond 2020, despite a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic."I haven't had any signals on that front whatsoever
Parat Halvorsen Electric Boilers for Edvard Grieg Platform
Norwegian company Parat Halvorsen will supply the electric boilers that will provide the heating on the Edvard Grieg platform offshore Norway when the field is supplied with power from shore. "This means that the last piece of the puzzle to fully electrify Edvard Grieg is coming into place," Lundin Energy, the operator of the platform said Friday. The plan for electrification of the Edvard Grieg platform was announced in October 2019. The platform will be electrified together with the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project as part of the Utsira High Area power grid. Both heating and power
Equinor Sanctions Sleipner Field Electrification
to further develop the field in line with our ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the NCS,” says Arne Sigve Nylund, Executive Vice President for Development & Production Norway.In October 2019, the Johan Sverdrup licence, together with the partners in Gina Krog, Ivar Aasen, Edvard Grieg and Sleipner with its tie-in fields, reached agreement on allocation of shore-based power from the Utsira High. Power from shore to the area solution is part of the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup development, and will be designed with an additional capacity of 35 MW in order to meet more new
Norway Plans North Sea Power Grid
euros ($1.3 billion) in April.Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield, as well as its Troll A gas platform, the largest on the Norwegian continental shelf, receive power from an onshore grid.There are plans to extend cables from the Sverdrup platform to nearby fields, including Lundin Petroleum's Edvard Grieg and Aker BP's Ivar Aasen platforms.BKK and CapeOmega's plans were previously reported by Upstream online news site.($1 = 9.1609 Norwegian crowns)($1 = 0.9073 euros) (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Susan Fenton
NKT to Link Edvard Grieg to Johan Sverdrup
Power cables manufacturer NKT announced it has been awarded a contract to supply the high-voltage power cable that will connect the Edvard Grieg oil and gas production platform to the Johan Sverdrup field center in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.NKT said it was selected by Lundin Norway to supply 24 kilometers of 132 kV AC XLPE high-voltage power cable, expected to be commissioned in 2022.The connection of the two installations enables Lundin to benefit from the already planned power link in conjunction with phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. The link connecting Johan Sverdrup phase 2
Subsea 7 Wins Johan Sverdrup 2 Contract
the Johan Sverdrup development was approved by Norwegian authorities in May 2019, and includes development of another processing platform for the field center and the Avaldsnes, Kvitsøy and Geitungen satellite areas, in addition to the power-from-shore supply to the Utsira High (including the Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen and Gina Krog fields). Start-up of phase 2 is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022.“Subsea 7 is awarded the last major subsea contract for Johan Sverdrup phase 2. Based on good experiences and learning from phase one, the award will ensure continuity and a coherent development
Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 Plan Approved
is expected to start in November this year, Equinor said.The Johan Sverdrup field is powered from shore, placing it among the oil and gas fields with the lowest CO2 emissions in the world. In the second phase the field will also supply shore power to other fields on the Utsira High, including the Edvard Grieg, Gina Krog and Ivar Aasen fields.Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 (Image: Equinor
February 2025
