Production starts from Martin Linge field
Published by Nicholas Woodroof,
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Expected recoverable resources are approximately 260 million boe. At plateau the field will produce around 115 000 boe/d.
The Martin Linge platform receives 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. This is 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 on stream from shore. The production wells and processing plant are operated from the control room in Stavanger, and the offshore operators use tablets in the field to interact with their colleagues in the onshore control room and operations centre. Onshore control room will reduce costs in the operating phase.
Production was originally scheduled to start in 2016. The costs of the Martin Linge field development have risen to US$7.3 billion, compared to the original US$3.65 billion (in 2021 terms) in the 2012 plan for development and operation (PDO).
Equinor acquired Total’s interests in the field in March 2018. At the same time, it took over the operatorship and responsibility for completing the field development project.
“This is a big day for everyone working on the Martin Linge project, for Equinor and for our partner Petoro. I would like to thank everyone who has worked hard to deliver this project,” said Arne Sigve Nylund, Equinor’s executive vice president for Projects, Drilling & Procurements.
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