First Gas Project In Barents Sea Comes Online

The Snohvit gas field in the Barents Sea has started production. The Snohvit project is the first gas development in the Barents Sea and also involves the construction of the first LNG plant in Arctic conditions. Snohvit also represents the first large-scale LNG project in Europe.

There are no above-surface platforms or floating production units for Snohvit—all the field work and CO2 injection is done by subsea installations, remote-controlled from shore.
Statoil, which holds a 33.53% interest, operates the project. Other shareholders are Petoro (30%), Total (18.4%), Gaz de France (12%), Hess (3.26%) and RWE-DEA (2.81%).
Snohvit production and CO2 injection is handled by subsea platforms.

Natural gas produced offshore in water 310-340 meters deep on the Snohvit field is sent onshore through a 143 kilometer multiphase pipeline to a 4.2 million tonnes per year liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Melkoya, near Hammerfest, in northern Norway, where it is processed. The LNG will be shipped to European and US markets. Approximately 700,000 tonnes per year of CO2 will be captured from an estimated total 860,000 tonnes per year produced and be re-injected in a Snohvit field reservoir.

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