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The history of the Ekofisk field is full of events where things are happening for the first time in Norwegian petroleum activities.
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The continental shelf is declared Norwegian
07/08/1964Norway could start negotiations with the other North Sea countries on the final dividing line of the entire North Sea shelf.
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First licensing round
01/01/1965Hand-colored map of the licenses awarded in the first licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf in 1965.
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The first rigs
01/07/1966Ocean Viking, Ocean Traveler and Trans World 61 at Stavanger on the way to the Ekofisk field. Photo: Donald J. Stevens/Norwegian Peroleum Museum
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The Ekofisk name
01/01/1970How did really Ekofisk get it's name?
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Official opening of the oil terminal in Teesside
21/10/1975Teesside
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Alexander L. Kielland
27/03/1980Only the bottom of the pontoons appear after Alexander L. Kielland capsized. The Edda platform in the background.
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The Ekofisk March
01/06/1985The first Ekofisk March took place in 1985.
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The Bravo blow-out
22/04/1977On Friday, April 22, 1977, at ten o'clock in the evening, "Leave the Platform" sounded the alarm on Ekofisk 2/4 B. An uncontrolled blowout of oil and gas was underway in well B-14. Large quantities of oil and gas sprayed 5-6 meters up in the air before it went straight into the sea. What was not to happen had happened.
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Production starts at Gulftide
09/06/1971Official opening of Norwegian oil production on June 9, 1971, and start of production on June 15, 1971.
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The Ekofisk tank is installed.
01/07/1973The Ekofisktank reached the field on July 1, 1973. The immersion took place by water being gradually pumped into the tanks, until it was at the bottom.
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Protecting the Ekofisk Tank
01/03/1989Each half of the protective wall weighed 150,000 tons each. The tow was 310 nautical miles long.
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Ekofisk II
31/07/1998Ekofisk 2/4 J started oil exports on August 18, 1998, as part of the Ekofisk II project
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New hotel platform
01/08/2013Ekofisk 2/4 L is lifted into place. The new residential and field center platform 2/4 L replaces two older installations from the 1970s.