Gjøa oilfield is an oilfield in the Norwegian section of the
North Sea. It lies about off the
Troll field.
The Gjøa reserves are estimated to be about 40 billion cubic metres of
natural gas and of
oil and
condensate
Condensate may refer to:
* The liquid phase produced by the condensation of steam or any other gas
* The product of a chemical condensation reaction, other than water
* Natural-gas condensate, in the natural gas industry
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The oil field was discovered in 1989 and the development was announced in December 2006. It was developed by the consortium of
Statoil
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state owned enterprise, state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company, petroleum company, operating in 36 countries with ad ...
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ENGIE,
Petoro,
Royal Dutch Shell and
RWE Dea. During the development phase, the operator of the field was Statoil. Once production began in 2010 ENGIE took over the operatorship. The field came on stream in November 2010, and it reached plateau production in 2013. The total investment is about 27 billion
Norwegian kroners.
[ In 2018 A/S Norske Shell sold its interest to Norwegia]
SA OKEA
Castoro Sei
The ''Castoro Sei'' (Italian for ''Beaver Six'') is a column stabilized semi-submersible pipelay vessel. She has an overall length of , a width of and an operating draught of .
The ''Castoro Sei'' is equipped with 2 rotating gantry cranes ...
'' vessel. Oil is exported through the link to the Troll II trunkline, and onwards to the Mongstad Refinery north of Bergen.[
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The gas field came on stream in November 2010.[
Gjøa semi-submersible floating production platform was designed by Aker Solutions Engineering in 2006–2010.
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References
Engie oil and gas fields
Equinor oil and gas fields
Natural gas fields in Norway
North Sea oil fields
Oil fields in Norway
Shell plc oil and gas fields
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