The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has accepted a undertaking to attach the Troll B manufacturing platform on Norway’s aspect of the North Sea to the Kvitebjorn gasoline export pipeline.
“The gasoline from Troll B (Troll East) was beforehand exported by way of the Troll A facility to Kollsnes, and among the gasoline was injected. The gasoline injection resolution has now been transformed into an export resolution and tied into the Kvitebjorn gasoline pipeline positioned about 2.45 kilometers away”, the upstream regulator mentioned in a press release on its web site.
“This entails that Troll B could have the pliability going ahead to export by way of each the Troll A and Kvitebjorn gasoline pipelines”.
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Flows by means of the brand new undertaking are anticipated to begin by year-end, based on the NOD.
“The brand new gasoline export resolution with tie-in to the Kvitebjorn gasoline pipeline will contribute to decreasing the decline in gasoline manufacturing within the coming years”, mentioned Niels Erik Hald, assistant director on the NOD.
“The Norwegian Offshore Directorate could be very happy that the earlier gasoline injection resolution for improved oil restoration can be reused. The truth that it’s being transformed right into a gasoline export resolution will contribute to additional worth creation”.
Funding within the new undertaking is predicted to succeed in round NOK 1.16 billion ($116.27 million), the NOD mentioned.
Norway’s majority state-owned Equinor ASA operates the Troll area with a 30.55 p.c stake by means of Equinor Power AS. Petoro AS, additionally owned by the Norwegian authorities, owns 55.93 p.c. Britain’s Shell PLC holds 8.19 p.c by means of A/S Norske Shell. France’s TotalEnergies SE has 3.69 p.c by means of TotalEnergies EP Norge AS. Houston, Texas-based ConocoPhillips owns 1.64 p.c by means of ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.
Put into manufacturing 1995, Troll holds remaining reserves of 582.2 million normal cubic meters of oil equal (MMscmoe). The entire consists of 564.5 MMscmoe of gasoline, 3.7 MMscmoe of oil and 14.1 MMscmoe of pure gasoline liquids, based on authorities web site Norskpetroleum.no.
Final 12 months Troll produced 42.5 billion normal cubic meters (Bscm) of gasoline, surpassing its earlier document of 38.8 Bscm, Equinor reported January 6, 2025.
A riser substitute on the Troll B platform helped increase manufacturing in 2024, whereas the capability of the Kollsnes gasoline processing plant has elevated from 144.5 million normal cubic meters a day (MMscmd) to 156 MMscmd, the report mentioned.
“The efforts to get better extra Troll gasoline and enhance export capability clearly assist be certain that our prospects in Europe get the power safety and long-term perspective they want”, mentioned Helge Haugane, then senior vp for gasoline and energy buying and selling at Equinor.
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