Eldfisk 2/7 FTP
- Installed summer 1976
- Water depth at installation 71.6 metres
- On stream 8 August 1979
- Shut down in 2015 and converted to a bridge support
- FTP stands for field terminal platform
Located in 68 metres of water, the Eldfisk reservoir lies about 16 kilometres south of the Ekofisk Complex. Five platforms are located on the field – 2/7 A, 2/7 B, 2/7 FTP, 2/7 E and 2/7 S.
The Embla 2/7 D facility is tied back to 2/7 S by a flowline, and the combined output from the two fields is piped away – originally to Ekofisk 2/4 R, and then to Ekofisk 2/4 J from 1998.
Oil and gas were received on 2/7 FTP via a bridge from 2/7 A. While the oil was piped to Ekofisk, the gas had to pass through a compressor to increase its pressure and a glycol facility for dehydration before pipeline transport to Ekofisk.
The steel jacket (support structure) was fabricated by UIE at St Wandrille in France, while the topsides came from Dragados y Construcciones in Spain.
Eldfisk 2/7 S took over 2/7 FTP’s functions in 2015 when the latter was converted to a bridge support.