Statoil brings onstream Gullfaks South tieback offshore Norway
July 30, 2015
Statoil has started production from its Gullfaks South fasttrack project in the Norwegian North Sea.
Statoil's Gullfaks A platform
Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Statoil has started production from its Gullfaks South (GSO) fasttrack project in the Norwegian North Sea.
This is designed to extract a further 65 MMboe from the Gullfaks area, and to prolong the service life of theGullfaks A platform beyond 2030.
Work on the NOK 9-billion ($1-billion) project started three years ago.
GSO has a larger and more complex subsea scope thanStatoil’s previous fasttrack tieback projects, the company says. Development calls for two subsea templates, four production wells, two gas injectors, a gas injection pipeline and three production tubings, in addition to umbilicals and power cables for pipeline heating.
