The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development was formally approved by Norwegian authorities on 15 May. The same day sees the construction start of the field’s second processing platform at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund.
Johan Sverdrup is the biggest field development on the Norwegian continental shelf since the 1980s. Phase two of the development, with the planned start-up in Q4 2022, will increase field production from 440,000 barrels of oil per day to 660,000 barrels per day.
The second development phase has a capital expenditure of NOK 41 B. In addition to the construction of a new processing platform (P2), the development will also include modifications of the riser platform, five subsea systems, and preparations for power supply from shore to the Utsira High in 2022.
The first phase of the Johan Sverdrup development is approaching 90 % finished and production is expected to start in November this year.
Only a year after the drilling platform was completed and sailed away from Haugesund, the construction of another topside is kicked off at the Aibel yard in Haugesund.
