Posts Tagged ‘Power from shore’

“HVDC”

Definition HVDC is the acronym of High Voltage Direct Current. HVDC refers to a technology to transmit high electric power across long distances, typically several hundreds kilometers Comments The modern form of HVDC transmission uses technology developed extensively in the 1930s in Sweden by ABB. Early commercial installations included one (more…)

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Norway approved Total $4.2 billion Martin Linge project

Total lowers Carbon Footprint with Power from Shore Previously called Hild, the Martin Linge development belongs to Total E&P Norge AS (51%), the operator, Petoro AS (30%) and Statoil Petroleum AS (19%). End of March, the Norwegian Government approved the development plan for the Martin Linge oil and gas field. Total capital (more…)

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Lundin $4.2 billion Edvard Grieg oil field development approved

Lundin Petroleum received the formal approval from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to proceed with the $4.2 billion plan development and operation (PDO) of the Edvard Grieg oil field. The Edvard Grieg oil field was previously called  Luno and is located in the Norwegian North Sea close to the Tellus discoveries, 180 kilometers west of (more…)

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Will Statoil go all subsea electrical for Johan Sverdrup?

The Johan Sverdrup giant oil field is the largest oil field discovery in 2011 in the World and the fifth biggest ever in Norway. It is located 140 km west of Stavanger and sitting by 110 m water depth and about 2000 m deep below the sea level. Statoil and Lundin from Sweden are the (more…)

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Statoil takes the lead on Johan Sverdrup giant oil field

The Johan Sverdrup giant oil field is the largest oil field discovery in 2011 in the World and the fifth biggest ever in Norway. It is located 140 kM west of Stavanger and sitting by 110 M water depth and about 2000 m deep below the sea level. The Swedish (more…)

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