Fram is an oil and gas field tied into the Troll C platform. In 2017, the Fram partners decided to invest about NOK 1bn in a new gas module, boosting the gas processing capacity on Troll C by a total of 3.5 million standard cubic metres per day. The decision was made in agreement with the Troll partners.
The investment was essential to further developing Troll C as a hub for the area.
The slightly more than 400-tonne gas processing module featuring gas drying and cooling units was built by Aibel in Haugesund.
The oil and gas industry recently launched an ambition to reduce carbon emissions from the NCS to near zero by 2050, and on behalf of the Troll partners, Equinor awarded a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) for modifications of Troll B and Troll C to enable power from shore.
The main purpose of the electrification project is to reduce the emissions of CO2 and NOx from the Troll B and Troll C platforms, which will also reduce the climate footprint from tied-in fields such as Fram.