Norway's Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given Lundin the green light to start production from the Edvard Grieg field.
The field is in production license 338 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to the NPD, the project is on schedule with costs slightly increased compared to initial estimates.
Edvard Grieg is on the Utsira High, about 35km south of the Grane and Balder fields. It is being developed using a stand-alone processing platform on a steel-jacket structure.
The oil will be transported via pipeline (EGOP) to the Grane oil pipeline and on to the Sture Terminal north of Bergen. The gas will be transported via a separate pipeline (UHGP), which is tied-in to the transport system on the UK side (SAGE).
When development plans for Edvard Grieg and the neighboring field Ivar Aasen were made, it was decided that the development solutions for these fields should be coordinated.
Oil and gas from Ivar Aasen will be processed on Edvard Grieg, then routed via the same transport systems. Production start-up on Ivar Aasen is scheduled for late 2016.
Edvard Grieg will supply Ivar Aasen with power. The licensees in production license 338 are cooperating with other licensees on the Utsira High regarding a coordinated solution for power from land.
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