据普氏能源资讯2018年12月7日伦敦报道，由于运营商Equinor寻求在本世纪30年代结束前保持挪威天然气产量稳定，挪威能源部日前批准了Equinor提交的北海特罗尔大气田第三期天然气开发计划。
前身是挪威国家石油公司的Equinor和其合作伙伴计划在2021年上半年从特罗尔大气田第三期开发项目开始生产天然气，第三期将从特罗尔西气田的气顶开始生产天然气。
特罗尔大气田第三期开发项目一直被认为是挪威近海的主要项目，目的是在未来20年保持天然气产量水平——目前大约为每年1200亿立方米——的稳定。
Equinor负责西部作业的高级副总裁贡纳·纳克肯周五在一份声明中表示：“特罗尔大气田将在我们改造挪威大陆架和实现可持续价值创造的几十年计划中扮演重要角色。”
纳克肯说：“特罗尔大气田将满足欧洲每天天然气总消耗量的7%至8%，我们将从特罗尔大气田那里提供安全、有利可图和低碳排放的能源，从2050年以后的长期前景来看，这将有助于减少欧洲的煤炭消耗量和二氧化碳排放量。”
李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯
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Norway's energy ministry approves Equinor's plan for Troll phase 3 gas project
Norway's energy ministry has approved the plan for development of the third phase of the giant Troll field in the North Sea, as operator Equinor looks to maintain stable Norwegian gas production well into the 2030s.
Equinor and its partners plan to start gas production from Troll phase three -- designed to produce from the gas cap above the oil column in Troll West -- in the first half of 2021.
Troll phase 3 has been touted as the main project offshore Norway to keep gas production levels -- currently at around 120 Bcm/year -- stable over the next two decades.
"The field has an important part in our plans to transform the Norwegian Continental Shelf for sustainable value creation for several decades," Gunnar Nakken, Equinor's senior vice president for Operations West, said in a statement Friday.
"Troll meets 7%-8% of Europe's total daily gas consumption -- we will deliver safe, profitable and carbon-efficient energy from Troll that helps reduce coal consumption and reduce CO2 emissions in Europe with a long-term perspective beyond 2050," Nakken said.
