Wintershall Dea has installed the two subsea templates anchoring development of Nova oil field in the Norwegian North Sea (OGJ Online, Oct. 2, 2018).
The Subsea 7 Seven Arctic vessel transported the 300-tonne units 45 km from Floro, Norway, to the field and lifted them by crane into 370 m of water. Aker Solutions built the templates at Egersund, Norway.
The company said it next will lay 65 km of pipelines to tie the field back to Neptune Energy’s Gjoa platform 17 km to the northeast. Lift gas and water for injection will come from Gjoa.
A new module will be installed on the Gjoa platform in 2020. Production is to start at rates not yet reported in 2021.
Interests are Wintershall Dea, the operator, 45%; Capricorn Norge AS and Spirit Energy Norge AS, 20% each; and Edison Norge AS, 15%.
