SAR helicopter stationed on Ekofisk Norway’s first female drilling supervisor

20. June 20197. October 2019 by Kristin Øye Gjerde

First Valhall oil reaches Ekofisk

by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum

The Valhall field began oil production, with its output piped to the Ekofisk 2/4 G riser platform for onward transport to Teesside.

— Operator Helge Vestad and his colleague take out the pig from Valhall, at Ekofisk 2/4 G. Photo: Husmo Photo/Norwegian Petroleum Museum

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The pig from Valhall. Photo: Husmo Foto/Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Located 35 kilometres to the south-east, the field was the first outside the Greater Ekofisk Area to be tied into the Ekofisk system. Gas from Valhall was also eventually piped to Ekofisk, where it and the oil were metered and separated before being sent on to Teesside and Emden.[REMOVE]Fotnote: [1] News Brief, September 1981.

SAR helicopter stationed on Ekofisk Norway’s first female drilling supervisor

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Published 20. June 2019 • Updated 7. October 2019

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