Equinor to develop Askeladd Vest

April 23, 2021
Equinor Energy AS and partners will develop Askeladd Vest in the southern Barents Sea. Part of the multi-phased Snøhvit development, the project is expected to provide 134 MMboe, extending plateau production at the Hammerfest LNG plant by 2 years.

Equinor Energy AS and partners will develop Askeladd Vest in the southern Barents Sea. At a cost of 3.2-billion kroner and part of the multi-phased Snøhvit development, the project is expected to provide 134 MMboe, extending plateau production at the Hammerfest LNG plant by 2 years. Production is expected to begin in first-half 2024.

The subsea template on Askeladd Vest will be tied back to Askeladd field through a pipeline and an umbilical. The distance from the onshore production plant at Melkøya to the subsea field is 195 km—the longest distance ever to a field development.

A contract valued at 460 million kroner for the subsea production facility was let to Aker Solutions and comprises a subsea template and two Christmas trees with associated components. Fabrication will take place in Sandnessjøen and Egersund, and project management and engineering will take place at Tranby.

In the summer of 2020, TechnipFMC was awarded a letter of intent for pipelaying and subsea installation services for the project.

Pipes for the project have been supplied by the German manufacturer Butting. These pipes have been manufactured and are stored in Orkanger.

Nexans has been awarded a letter of intent for fabrication of umbilicals. Nexans will fabricate fiber-optic cables and power cables in Rognan. The contract value is estimated at 100 million kroner.

Equinor is operator of the project with 36.79%. Partners are Petoro AS (30.00%), Total E&P Norge AS (18.40%), Neptune Energy Norge AS (12.00%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (2.81%).