Statoil's Gina Krog platform is getting closer to first oil after the modules for the facility's topside set sail from Korea on two heavy transport vessels, Statoil has said.
The transport from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea to the North Sea will take about 50 days. Once the modules arrive in the North Sea, they will be lifted on to the jacket, which was fabricated by Heerema Fabrication Group and has already been installed in the field. The platform is due onstream in 2017.
Gina Krog (previously Dagny), which was originally a minor gas discovery just north of Sleipner, is a field that has been considered for development on a number of occasions since it was discovered in 1974.
When oil and gas were proven in the neighboring structure Gina Krog Øst (previously Dagny) in 2007, the Gina Krog landscape was reviewed again. Further delineation during the period 2008 to 2011 determined a contact between Gina Krog and Gina Krog Øst and confirmed substantial volumes of oil under the entire structure.
The development of Gina Krog is among Statoil's major new developments with an estimated 225 MMboe.
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Image (top): An artist's impression of the Gina Krog development. Image from Statoil.
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