Eldfisk 2/7 B on streamAlexander L Kielland – Norway’s worst-ever industrial accident

Edda 2/7 C on stream

person by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum
The Edda reservoir lies in block 2/7 in the Norwegian North Sea, 12 kilometres south-west of the Ekofisk Complex. Its 2/7 C platform was installed in 1976 and came on stream in 1979.
Kjappe fakta:
  • Came on stream 2. Desember 1979
  • LivingQarter houses 32 persons
  • Waterdepth 71 metres
  • Cellar deck 19 metres above sealevel
  • Drilling tower 94 metres above sealevel
— Edda 2/7 C. Photo: Husmo Foto/Norwegian Petroleum Museum
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This facility had 15 well slots, but only 10 of these were actually drilled. Process facilities comprised a separator for oil and gas.

After separation, the gas was compressed to increase its pressure and then dehydrated before being transported in a 12-inch pipeline to Ekofisk 2/4 R. The separated oil was pumped through a dedicated 10-inch pipeline to the same destination.

Both oil and gas passed through a fiscal metering station before export to measure the quantities produced.

The platform was originally designed as a combined drilling, production and accommodation unit with a separate flare stack. However, the drilling package was transferred to Ekofisk 2/4 K in 1987 and a new process module installed to handle output from the Tommeliten field 11 kilometres west of Edda.

Production ceased in 1998 and Edda 2/7 C was abandoned.

Eldfisk 2/7 B on streamAlexander L Kielland – Norway’s worst-ever industrial accident
Published 19. June 2019   •   Updated 19. June 2019
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