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Ormen Lange Subsea Production System
Ormen Lange Subsea Production System
Introduction
Fig. 1 shows the development con-
cept selected for Ormen Lange, which Fig. 1—Ormen Lange initial subsea development.
comprises a subsea tieback to an
onshore processing plant at Nyhamna.
Conceptual engineering of the subsea A in December 2006. Completion of through a pipeline-end-termination
production system was initiated in the first subsea well on Template A was (PLET) system.
2002. The main contracts for subsea- scheduled for spring 2007, and subsea Two main control umbilicals link the
equipment supply, umbilical fabrica- production startup was scheduled for onshore plant to the subsea production
tion, and template installation were autumn of 2007. system; one is connected to Template
awarded between the autumn of 2003 A and the other to Template B. A cross-
and the summer of 2004. The main part Subsea-System Configuration over-control umbilical interconnects
of fabrication and testing took place With the large geographical extent of the two production templates, provid-
during 2004–05, with the subsea tem- the Ormen Lange reservoir and the risk ing redundant hydraulic supply to all
plates installed offshore in late summer of reservoir segmentation, the subsea- the subsea wells.
2005. Umbilical A and the remaining system design has a high degree of To prevent hydrate formation, all wells
subsea equipment were installed dur- flexibility, with four planned template are injected continuously with monoeth-
ing the summer of 2006, and the first locations. Therefore, a phased-develop- ylene glycol (MEG) through two 6-in.
subsea tree was installed on Template ment scheme was chosen. The phasing pipelines from the onshore plant. One
and location of the subsea wells will be line is connected to Template A and the
This article, written by Technology Editor timed to maintain plateau production other to Template B. A 6-in. crossover-
Dennis Denney, contains highlights as the field depletes. MEG line interconnects the two produc-
of paper OTC 18965, “Ormen Lange tion templates for added flexibility.
Subsea Production System,” by Thomas Initial Development. The initial sub-
Bernt, Hydro, and Endre Smedsrud, sea development consists of two eight- Future Development. Extension of the
FMC Technologies, prepared for the slot production templates (Templates field may require two additional produc-
2007 Offshore Technology Conference, A and B), approximately 4 km apart in tion templates (Templates C and D).
Houston, 30 April–3 May. the main production area. Each tem- Each template will produce gas through
plate is tied back into the two 30-in. dual infield flowlines tied back to the
Copyright 2007 Offshore Technology multiphase pipelines to shore. As Fig. 2 30-in. multiphase pipelines to shore. A
Conference. Reproduced by permission. shows, these lines are interconnected new infield 6-in. MEG line will be con-
The full-length paper is available for purchase from the OTC Library: www.otcnet.org. The paper has not been peer reviewed.