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World firsts for new Martin Linge field
Equinor (operator, 70%) and project partner Petoro (30%) brought the Martin Linge oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea onstream at the end of June. The field is powered from shore, resulting in low CO2 emissions, and operated from an onshore control room.
Some 260mn boe of reserves are expected to be recovered. The field will produce around 115,000 boe/d at plateau in 2022.
The Martin Linge platform is receiving power via the world’s longest alternating-current sea cable, measuring 163 km from the onshore substation at Kollsnes in western Norway. The platform was connected to shore power in December 2018 and was soon followed by the storage vessel on the Martin Linge field – the world’s first storage vessel receiving power from shore.
Martin Linge is also the first platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to be put onstream from shore. The production wells and processing plant are operated from a control room in Stavanger, and the offshore operators use tablet computers in the field to interact with their colleagues in the onshore control room and operations centre. The onshore control room will reduce costs in the operating phase, reports Equinor.
Photo: Equinor/Jan Arne Wold and Øyvind Gravås
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Countries: Norway -
Organisation: Equinor
Subjects: Oil and gas, Exploration and production
