Subsea Tiebacks: A Troll with a Kinder Surprise The Troll A platform, offshore Norway. Source: Øyvind Gravås and Espen Rønnevik, from Equinor. The 36in spool being installed using the Edda Freya. Source: Equinor. The 36in spool being installed using the Edda Freya. Source: Equinor. The H-Frame used to install the 36in spool. Source: Equinor.
Equinor’s Troll Phase 3 project has been described as a real Kinder surprise. It’s Equinor’s most profitable project ever and comes with a minimum CO2 intensity for an offshore project. Elaine Maslin takes a look.
Later this year, Norway’s Equinor is due to bring on stream its “most profitable project ever”. With a breakeven of less than $10/barrel, it’s indeed a low-cost project. It’s also got a low carbon footprint; the project is set to deliver about 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent with a CO2 intensity of 0.1 k