Statoil shut down production on the Troll C platform in the North Sea on Sunday 17 August after an inspection programme on the platform detected corrosion damage to a pipe connected to the oil export system.

The Troll C platform in the North Sea. (Photo: Øyvind Hagen)

The corroded pipe will be replaced. This is expected to require a 7-day shutdown.

Troll C has a daily equity production of some 58 000 barrels of oil , and exports 8 million cubic metres of gas. In addition some 34 000 barrels of oil and 2 million cubic metres of gas are transported from the Fram field through the Troll C platform.

Statoil's interests:
Troll: 30.58 percent
Fram: 45 percent

Published 2014-08-20, 14:35 CET.

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