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| 52-megawatt undersea gas compression station |
| 2007-03-09 |
| The partners in Norway's Ormen Lange gas field will spend NOK 2.5 billion (USD 404.7 million) to develop a subsea compression unit that will cost half as much as a platform. The Ormen Lange gas field, due on stream in October for export to the UK through the world's longest subsea pipeline, is Norway's biggest current petroleum development. The subsea compression station, which would be installed around 2015, would replace a current plan for a compressor platform at the Norwegian Sea field, Norsk Hydro said. "If we succeed with this project, we will be able to replace a 25,000-ton platform with a subsea installation weighing around 3,500 tons," project director Tom Roetjer said in a statement Friday. "The development costs for future offshore compression for the Ormen Lange field will potentially be reduced by 50 percent, which means a saving of many billions of crowns. In addition, we will be able to halve operating costs over a 20-year period," Roetjer said. The plan calls for the 52-megawatt compression station to be installed on the sea floor at a depth of 860 meters (2,822 feet) and 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Kristiansand, Hydro said. The partners will launch a full-scale pilot project to test the technology in a pool at Ormen Lange's processing facility at Nyhamna, Hydro said. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #2 The Ormen Lange project's official website is here. The image gallery gives some idea of the scope. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-03-09 10:45 |
| #1 Sounds like an amazing horror movie set. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-09 10:12 |