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Statoil is planning to expand the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea

The LNG plant at Melkøya. (image courtesy of Ole Jørgen Bratland via Statoil)

Statoil and its partners have decided to invest over € 520 million in the further development of the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, which will provide feedstock for the LNG plant at Melkøya in Hammerfest. The development of Askeladd is part two of the multi-phased Snøhvit development.
The Askeladd development will supply 21 billion cubic metres of gas and two million cubic metres of condensate to Hammerfest LNG, and production is scheduled to come on stream towards the end of 2020.
Askeladd will be developed with three wells via two new subsea templates with space for additional wells in the future. In addition, an infrastructure will be installed to tie-in the Askeladd development to existing Snøhvit field infrastructure.