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Summary Information
* Operator: Statoil
* Country: Norway
* Location: block 34/8
* Production start: 1999
* Partners: Petoro, Conoco, Total
* Type: Oil & Gas
* Estimated Reserves:
* Production Volume:

+++ Description
* The Visund field is located in block 34/8, about 22 km north of the Gullfaks field on the Norwegian continental shelf.
* Production is from the Visund Floating Production Unit (FPU)
* The field initially produced only oil but the platform was altered, a gas pipeline was installed and gas production started in 2005
* The northern part of the Visund field is developed with a subsea template, about 10 kilometres north of Visund A
* The water depth at the work sites ranges from 190m to 335m.
* The oil is sent by pipeline to [[Gullfaks Oil Field | Gullfaks A]] for storage and export via tankers.
* Gas is exported through the Kvitebjørn gas pipeline and on to [[Kollsnes Gas Processing Plant]], where the NGL is separated and the dry gas is further exported to the market.

+++ Contractors
* **ABB:**
** Construction of Visund Platform
** Design, construction and installation of two large modules - one containing equipment to increase gas injection rate and raise oil production, the other to allow gas exports
* **Saipem:** Pipelines - EPIC
* **Subsea 7:** detail design, fabrication and installation of riser base, protection structure, Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM) and tie-in spool of the Visund Gas Export System
* **Emtunga:** Mud laboratory
* **Emerson:** Design, configure, and install the new safety and automation systems

+++ History
* 1996 - PDO awarded for the project
* 1998 - Platform installed on the field
* 1999 - Oil production launched
* 2002 - ABB awarded modules contract
* 2005 - First gas produced
* 2013 - Emerson awarded Contract to Upgrade Automation

+++ Geology
* The Visund field contains oil and gas in several tilted fault blocks with varying pressure and liquid systems.
* The reservoirs are in Middle Jurassic sandstones in the Brent Group and Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic sandstones in the Statfjord and Lunde Formations.
* The reservoirs lie at a depth of 2 900 - 3 000 metres.

+++ Links
# [[Jotun FPSO References]]
# [[Saipem Europe Pipeline References]]
# [[Emtunga Europe Offshore Platform References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:subsea-7-announce-the-visund-award-from-statoil Subsea 7 Announce the Visund Award from Statoil]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:abb-wins-us-80-million-order-for-north-sea-oil-platf ABB wins US$ 80 million order for North Sea oil platform]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:first-gas-from-visund First gas from Visund]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:3883 Emerson Wins $33 Million Contract to Upgrade Automation on Statoil Platform in Norwegian North Sea]

Visund Oil and Gas Field - Revision history

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