Ekofisk II, Norway

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The original Ekofisk area development consisted of eight oil and gas fields, namely Cod, Ekofisk, West Ekofisk, Tor, lb!sk"ell, Eldfisk, Edda and Embla# This comple$ also formed a transportation h!b for %alhall, &od, 'yda, (la, Statf"ord, &eimdal, Tommeliten and '!llfaks# The infrastr!ct!re consisted of )* permanent installations, ten of which were located in a central Ekofisk comple$# ppro$imately 5+,,,,,bpd oil was piped -5.km to the /hillips terminal in Teesside, while aro!nd ) billion c!bic feet per day of gas was piped ..,km to the Emden terminal# 0n 1ecember 122- /hillips 3orway s!bmitted a 3kr),bn e$pansion plan to bring oil and gas to market !ntil ),)4# This envisaged5

Taking the northern part of the comple$ o!t of prod!ction 6ef!rbishing platforms ) 7 .C, ) 7 .8, ) 7 .9T/ and ) 7 .W Constr!cting two new platforms at the Ekofisk comple$

0n March ),,2 Conoco/hillips was granted permission to !se the M:rsk 0nnovator for drilling eight in"ection wells on the Ekofisk ) 7 .% # The platform became operational in ),1,#

0n ;an!ary ),1, Seawell was awarded a contract to carry o!t maintenance services on Ekofisk ) 7 .< and ) 7 .= platforms# The five>year contract also covered maintenance services for the Eldfisk ) 7 * and ) 7 *?# Conoco/hillips also operates Ekofisk So!th pro"ect located on the /@ ,14 in the 3orwegian part of the 3orth Sea# The 3orwegian /arliament granted permission to develop and operate the pro"ect in ;!ne ),11# The pro"ect, aimed at improving oil recovery in the Ekofisk field, consists of -5 new prod!ction and eight water in"ection wells# Total commenced prod!ction from Ekofisk So!th in Actober ),1-#

Ekofisk 2 / 4XW platform

BThe infrastr!ct!re consisted of )* permanent installations, ten of which were located in a central Ekofisk comple$#B 0n ;!ne ),,2 the ?ig Arange =%000 vessel collided with the Ekofisk ) 7 .W water in"ection platform, damaging the bridge and well eC!ipment# Conoco/hillips !sed the Maersk 'allant "ack>!p and the large crane vessel Thials to carry o!t repairs on the platform# The Ekofisk ) 7 .W was anno!nced to be replaced by a new water in"ection platform in ),11# Conoco/hillips awarded a D1),m pro"ect management, engineering, constr!ction and delivery contract for the new platform in ;!ne ),,4 to 9MC Technologies# s!b> contract worth 3kr5,m for constr!ction of s!bsea eC!ipment for the platform was awarded by 9MC Technologies to 'renland 'ro!p# Technip was awarded the contract for installation and commissioning of s!bsea facilities connecting the new platform with the Ekofisk comple$#

Ekofisk 2/4 L platform

Conoco/hillips was granted permission for the installation of a new accommodation facility, Ekofisk @, in March ),1,# The new platform, which replaces Ekofisk )7. & and Ekofisk )7. 8, came into service in ),1-# Conoco/hillips contracted ibel in ;!ly ),1, to provide engineering, proc!rement, constr!ction and installation services for the platform# The company will also connect the platform to the Ekofisk comple$# Work was started in ),11 and completed by ),1-#

The contract for b!ilding the platform "acket and a bridge s!pport "acket was awarded to ker Sol!tions#

Ekofisk 2 / 4X
Ekofisk ) 7 . ; became the central platform in the Ekofisk area# 0t consists of an 11,.,,t, eight>leg steel "acket held in place by 1+ piles totalling 5,5,,t# The "acket s!pports a )-,5,,t topside s!b>str!ct!re with mod!le s!pport frame, process mod!le, separation EtransportF mod!le and !tility mod!le# BThe pro"ect, aimed at improving oil recovery in the Ekofisk field, consists of -5 new prod!ction and eight water in"ection wells#B @ike the ) 7 .=, it stands in a water depth of *+#1m, altho!gh it is rated for 2,#1m to obviate potential s!bsidence problems in the chalk reservoir# The platform has a processing capacity of )+,,,,,bpd oil Etotal e$port capacity of .),,,,,bpdF, )1#) million c!bic metres per day of gas and -1,4,, million barrels per day of water# When ) 7 . ; became f!lly operational, a n!mber of platforms started to be decommissioned# /rod!ction from third>party fields s!ch as %alhall, 'yda and (la were merged at ) 7 . ; and then piped to Emden and Teesside# Statpipe gas prod!ction flowed via a new line directly to booster platform ?>11 on the Emden pipeline# ?y ),,+ only two of the original Ekofisk Centre platforms were operational#

Pipelaying
E$isting pipelines connected to either ) 7 . 6, / or ' platforms were re>ro!ted and connected to the ) 7 . ; platform, reC!iring over +-km of new lines to be laid# total of )- tie>in spools are already in place on the seabed#

Ekofisk 2 / 4 J
The "acket and the !tility mod!le for Ekofisk ) 7 . ; were b!ilt by ker %erdal, while the mod!le s!pport frame and the process mod!le was b!ilt by mec /rocess and Energy# The separation mod!le was b!ilt by (moe &a!ges!nd# The generators came from 1resser 6and in 3orway and t!rbines were from by 3o!vo /igone#

Ekofisk 2 / 4X

The "acket for Ekofisk ) 7 .= was b!ilt by ker %erdal, the drilling mod!le by &itec 7 1reco and topsides by (moe &a!ges!nd#