Thursday 26 July 2018

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor Energy consent to use the Songa Enabler mobile drilling facility for production drilling on the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea.

The consent applies to the drilling and completion of new wells, workover and well intervention on the Trestakk field.

The drilling operations will begin in autumn 2018 and last around 350 days.

Songa Enabler is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the CAT D type. It was delivered by the Daewoo yard in South Korea in 2016, is registered in Norway and classified by DNV-GL.

Songa Enabler was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in July 2016.

The Trestakk field

Trestakk is in the Norwegian Sea, 20 kilometres south of Åsgard. The field is in development, with Equinor as the operator. Production is scheduled to begin in 2019.

The development concept comprises a subsea template with four well slots and a satellite well, tied back to the Åsgard A facility for processing and gas injection.