The Gjoa platform is expected to come on stream in 2010. A cable running from the new power plant at Mongstad, north of Bergen, Norway, will supply the platform with electricity.
StatoilHydro said that the Gjoa platform, including the Vega satellite development, is the largest project in the North Sea currently. Investments in the field are reported to be around NOK37 billion.
Trude Sundset, StatoilHydro’s vice president for the environment and climate, said: Electrifying new installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is one of the most important measures to reduce further carbon emissions from Norwegian oil and gas production. With the electrification of the Troll A platform and Kollsnes and the decision to electrify Gjoa, StatoilHydro is a front-runner with a view to reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and CO2.
