Equinor ASA and its companions have began up the Verdande area within the Norwegian Sea, the second mission to be tied again to the Norne floating manufacturing, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) this 12 months.
“With reserves of 36 million barrels of oil, Verdande helps lengthen Norne’s manufacturing past 2030”, the Norwegian majority state-owned firm mentioned in an internet assertion.
“The Norwegian continental shelf is altering, and lots of the fields being developed are smaller subsea fields tied again to present infrastructure”, Equinor mentioned. “This method reduces each prices and environmental footprint”.
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Verdande primarily comprises oil, with related fuel, in response to Equinor. It holds the Cape Vulture and Alve Nord East discoveries, confirmed in 2017 and 2020 respectively.
Three wells have been tied again to the Norne area by way of a pipeline, Equinor mentioned. Authorities permitted the event plan 2023.
Verdande sits about seven kilometers (4.35 miles) north of Norne and round 200 kilometers from the city of Sandnessjøen, in response to Equinor.
Equinor operates Verdande with a 59.27 % stake by way of Equinor Vitality AS. Petoro AS, additionally owned by the Norwegian authorities, holds 22.41 %. DNO ASA owns 10.5 % by means of DNO Norge AS, Aker BP ASA 3.5 %, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd 3.5 % by means of Japex Norge AS and Poland’s state-backed Orlen SA 0.83 % by means of Orlen Upstream Norway AS.
“Investments in Verdande quantity to simply over NOK 6 billion [$593.84 million], and the mission has generated vital ripple results for the Norwegian provider business”, Equinor famous.
“TechnipFMC, headquartered in Kongsberg, provided subsea manufacturing gear”, it mentioned. “Engineering and mission administration had been carried out in Kongsberg, the place the subsea management module was additionally constructed. The template and manifold had been manufactured by Agility in Tønsberg, with suction anchors from Westcon Helgeland in Nesna.
“Modifications to Norne enabling the FPSO to obtain oil from Verdande had been carried out by Aibel and managed from its Harstad workplace, with subcontracting from Momek in Mo i Rana.
“Pipelines had been assembled and spooled onto Subsea7’s set up vessel on the firm’s base in Vigra, and a consortium of Subsea7 and Deep Ocean from Haugesund dealt with all subsea set up work. Engineering and mission administration for Subsea7’s operations had been carried out in Stavanger.
“Each modifications and drilling operations elevated exercise on the subsea workshop and provide base in Sandnessjøen – and on the helicopter base in Brønnøysund.
“Aquarock in Sandnessjøen provided rock for subsea rock dumping.
“Drilling operations had been carried out by the Transocean Encourage rig. Effectively companies had been delivered by Halliburton, each firms having Norwegian headquarters in Stavanger.
“Wells had been deliberate at Equinor’s workplace in Stjørdal, and the sector is operated from Harstad.
“Completion Tracer in Harstad provided tracers for the wells to assist optimize manufacturing.
“Management cable was provided by OneSubsea in Moss”.
Six fields have now been tied again to the Norne FPSO, which began manufacturing 1997. The opposite 5 are Urd in 2005, Alve in 2009, Marulk in 2012, Skuld in 2013 and Andvare earlier in 2025.
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