Statoil ASA has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Aibel AS for a gas module for the Troll C platform in an effort to increase oil production and gas exports from Fram field in the North Sea.
Aibel in Bergen, Norway, will be responsible for engineering, and the module will be fabricated at Aibel’s Haugesund yard. Work is under way on the project, which is expected to start up at yearend 2019.
Statoil is further developing Troll C as a hub for the Troll C and Fram area. Gunnar Nakken, Statoil senior vice-president for operations West, explained the module will enable the company “to mature more wells and explore for new resources in the Fram area, which altogether will make it possible to extend the economic life time for the field."
Fram field, which came on stream in 2003, lies in 350 m of water in the northern portion of the North Sea, some 20 km north of Troll. The field includes several reservoirs and is developed with Fram West and Fram East, each with two four-slot templates. Both are developed by two subsea templates tied back to Troll C.
Statoil Petroleum AS operates Fram with 45% interest. Partners are ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS 25%, Engie E&P Norge AS 15%, and Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS 15%.
