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How Verdande came to be

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The Verdande field is finally up and running, but getting there is no small feat. Here’s a look at how the field came to life and the ripple effects it’s causing.

You can’t really talk about Verdande without mentioning Norne. Norne started producing in 1997, and since then, several satellite fields have been added. These have helped boost production and extend Norne’s lifespan. Now, Verdande joins the family as the newest satellite.

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Verdande means more money in the bank, more value creation, and it secures jobs for the future. This fits perfectly with our strategy; we make use of available capacity, bring in a lot of resources, and extend the life of existing infrastructure.
Daniel Tuppen
Vice president operations & exploration Norne, Aasta Hansteen, and Deep-Water Area

Verdande is made up of two discoveries from 2017 and 2020: Cape Vulture and Alve Nordøst. The field is located about seven kilometers from the Norne production vessel and 200 kilometers offshore. Recoverable resources are estimated at 36 million barrels of oil.

Verdande is a subsea tie-back: an installation on the seabed where new wells are connected to existing infrastructure. This lets us produce oil and gas new reservoirs without having to build new platforms.

“We’ve laid a new pipeline and connected it to the Norne vessel. That way, we can reuse the process capacity and infrastructure already in place on the Norne field,” explains Bjørn Birkeland, project director for Verdande.

Let’s take a closer look at what it actually takes to connect a new well to existing infrastructure:

Verdande A to Z

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Ripple effects from Verdande

  • Kongsberg: TechnipFMC supplied subsea production equipment, managed engineering and project leadership, and assembled control equipment locally.
  • Moss: OneSubsea delivered control cables for the project.
  • Tønsberg: Agility manufactured the well frame and manifold.
  • Nesna (Helgeland): Westcon Helgeland provided suction anchors for the seabed.
  • Vigra: Subsea7 assembled and spooled pipelines at its base before installation.
  • Haugesund: Subsea7 and Deep Ocean were responsible for subsea installation work.
  • Stavanger: Subsea7’s engineering and project management were handled here, while Transocean Encourage and Halliburton conducted drilling operations and drilling services from their Norwegian headquarters in the city.
  • Sandnessjøen: Both the subsea workshop and supply base have seen increased activity, and Aquarock supplied rock for subsea rock dumping.
  • Brønnøysund: The helicopter base has experienced increased activity as a result of the project.
  • Harstad: Modifications on Norne were carried out by Aibel, managed from the Harstad office, and Completion Tracer provided tracers for the wells. The field is operated from Harstad.
  • Mo i Rana: Momek served as a subcontractor to Aibel during modifications on Norne.
  • Stjørdal: Well planning was conducted at Equinor’s office in Stjørdal.
Learn more about the Norne and Verdande fields