Statfjord is an oil field located in the Tampen area which began production in 1979. Statfjord has been developed using three platforms with concrete substructures standing in 145 metres of water.
Statfjord C was installed in 1984, the Statfjord Nord and Statfjord Øst satellite fields in 1994/95, and Sygna and Statfjord Nordflanken in 2000.
What does producing life extension involve?
New technology and operating methods as well as measures to improve oil and gas recovery mean that licensees often want to keep existing facilities working past their retirement date.
In many cases, continuing to use facilities beyond their design life makes socio-economic sense. But permitting such extensions at the expense of safety is not acceptable.
The Statfjord satellites are subsea installations tied back to the Statfjord C platform.