Troll oil pipeline: A step further in pipeline technology
- Statoil, Stavanger (Norway)
The Troll field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is the largest offshore gas field in Europe with recoverable gas reserves of approximately 1,200 billion Sm{sup 3}. A significant volume of oil is also present in the reservoir of which some 90 million Sm{sup 3} recoverable. The oil is exported from the floating production platform through a 16-in. pipeline, the Troll Oil pipeline, to the existing oil terminal and refinery at Mongstad, north of Bergen in Norway. The Troll Oil pipeline is the first pipeline installed in a deep Norwegian fjord and the challenges during the project development phases and the installation of the pipeline are addressed in this paper. The plan for the development and operation of the pipeline was finally approved by the authorities in December 1993 and the first oil was transported in September 1995. The development may be considered one of the most technically demanding pipeline developments undertaken on the Norwegian Shelf.
- OSTI ID:
- 400905
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606279--; ISBN 0-7918-1494-7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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