Operator Statoil has announced that the Gina Krog oil and gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea came onstream 30 June 2017 with a video - see below.
Gina Krog is about 30km northwest of the Sleipner field. The field has been developed with a fixed production facility and an oil storage ship, in water depths of 110-120m. The oil will be exported via buoy loaders, and the rich gas will be piped to the Sleipner A platform for final processing.
Gas for gas injection will be imported from Zeepipe 2A (Gassled). The field will be tied in to a joint solution with power supply from shore for the Utsira High.
The recoverable reserves for Gina Krog are 16.8 MMcm, 11.8 Bcm of gas and 3.2 million tonne of NGL. Investment costs are expected to reach some US$3.7 billion (NOK 30.9 billion),.
Statoil is the operator in production licenses 029 B, 029 C, 048 and 303, where Gina Krog lies with 58.7% stake. Partners include Total E&P Norge (15%), KUFPEC Norway (15%), PNGiG Upstream Norway (8%), and Aker BP (3.3%).
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