{"id":288091,"date":"2025-08-13T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=288091"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:54:20","slug":"equinor-to-shut-in-troll-wells-with-deepsea-bollsta","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/equinor-to-shut-in-troll-wells-with-deepsea-bollsta\/","title":{"rendered":"Equinor to shut in Troll wells with Deepsea Bollsta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has granted Equinor consent to deploy the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible unit on decommissioning work<\/strong> on the Troll field in the North Sea. This action marks a further step in the plug and abandonment of two wells in the Troll field in the North Sea.<\/a><\/strong> (plug and abandonment) of two specific wells, 3\/31-Q-21 and 2\/31-X-23. <\/p>\n\n

Deepsea Bollsta ready for new operations in the Troll field<\/h2>\n\n

The rig in question, operated by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean, is a sixth-generation Moss CS60E type unit, designed for extreme conditions and capable of operating down to 3,000 meters.<\/strong> Capable of accommodating up to 140 people, the Deepsea Bollsta<\/a><\/strong> had already secured work on the Norwegian continental shelf since last year. <\/p>\n\n

The Troll field<\/a><\/strong>field, discovered in 1979, is located in water depths between 300 and 330 meters. Its development has been carried out in phases: Phase I aimed at the extraction of gas. gas extraction<\/a><\/strong> from Troll \u00d8st, Phase II focused on crude oil from Troll Vest and Phase III, active since 2021, which extends gas production from the west of the field. <\/p>\n\n

Security, experience and institutional support<\/h2>\n\n

The planned closure of the wells represents a critical step in the responsible management of resources and environmental safety in the region. In addition to consolidating Equinor’s expertise in offshore operations<\/a><\/strong>operations, it reinforces Equinor’s commitment to safe and controlled energy exploitation. <\/p>\n\n

Since its initial approval in 1986, Troll has been one of the most relevant fields in the North Sea<\/strong>. It has been operated with various infrastructures such as Troll A<\/a><\/strong>B and C, ranging from fixed installations to semi-submersible floating units. <\/p>\n\n

The Havtil-sanctioned breakthrough also reflects institutional confidence in Odfjell Drilling’s technological capabilities and Equinor’s planning for operations in complex environments.<\/p>\n\n

Source: Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Photo: Odfjell Drilling<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Deepsea Bollsta can operate at depths of up to 3,000 meters, although the Troll field is between 300 and 330 meters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":288021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-288091","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/288091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/288091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=288091"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=288091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}