Aker BP has been awarded a license from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) to connect Yggdrasil area platforms in the North Sea to the power grid in Samnanger in Vestland County, Norway.
The power from shore project is a joint venture of Aker BP, Equinor, and LOTOS Exploration & Production.
The concept includes a new transformer station at Børdalen in Samnanger; a new 11-km, 145 kV powerline in Samnanger; a compensation station in Årskog in Fitjar; and a 250-km, 145 kV sea cable from Samnanger to the Yggdrasil area.
Yggdrasil (formerly NOAKA) is one of a number of developments recently submitted by the operator to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (OGJ Online, Jan. 9, 2023).
The development, which lies between Alvheim and Oseberg in the North Sea, contains several discoveries with total recoverable resources of around 650 MMboe. Yggdrasil is a comprehensive subsea development with a total of nine subsea templates. The plan calls for 55 wells in the area, to be developed using power from shore.
